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Brett Johnson wrote: |
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> On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 08:32:00AM +0000, Neil Stone wrote: |
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>>1. All of my fonts have gone small.. whats up with that, I know I have |
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>>updated a few things, but (afaik) nothing that would cause this to happen |
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> Did you happen to upgrade x-org? Small fonts can be cause by running X |
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> in low dpi (75x75) with a high resolution (ie 1600x1200). If you |
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> upgraded x-org, and had your xserver configured with a higher dpi |
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> (100x100), there's a chance you're server configuration was reset to the |
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> default 75x75. If this is the case, you need to determine which method |
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> is used to start X and modify the server config file and add -dpi 100 |
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> (or what ever value you prefer). |
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> You can also check your current dpi setting from a terminal in X with |
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> something like: |
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> xdpyinfo | grep -A 3 screen |
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> You should see something like: |
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> default screen number: 0 |
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> number of screens: 1 |
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> screen #0: |
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> dimensions: 1600x1200 pixels (406x305 millimeters) |
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> resolution: 100x100 dots per inch |
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> depths (7): 24, 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32 |
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> The resolution line shows the dpi. |
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> An good docment (slightly dated) that covers fonts is X is: |
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> http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/FDU.html |
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> Section 2.1 and 2.2 talk about some simple chages that can make |
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> a big difference. |
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> I also found this document which seems to be current, but I have not had |
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> a chance to fully review it yet: |
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> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO/index.html |
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>>2. xfs - I can't suss out how to get this installed... and wouw it help |
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>>the above situ ? |
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> xfs is no longer built by default, and has been moved to a USE flag. |
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> To build xfs you should run the following command to add XFS to your |
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> /etc/portage/package.use file and rebuild X: |
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> echo "x11-base/xorg-x11 font-server" >> /etc/portage/package.use |
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> You should note that Xft is now the preferred method of handling fonts |
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> in xorg, and Xfs in considered insecure, so that is why it is disabled |
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> by default. |
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>>3. TwinView.... I saw a few posts of people using this, and I would like |
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>>to have a go... can someone point me at a document that would provide me |
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>>recent, revevant information on being able to use multiple monitors in |
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>>xorg ? |
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> zless /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-<VERSION>/README.gz |
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> There is a section in there about setting up Twinview using the version |
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> drivers you have installed. |
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> For more generic information: |
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> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Dual_Monitors |
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> |
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> Brett |
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Aha.. between this and Duncan's reply I found how to get my fonts back |
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to normal..... used xdpiinfo to find out i was on 75dpi fonts.. and the |
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xorg changes sugested.. I now have readble text... |
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Thanks... |
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Now for the nv mods for dual monitor output... |
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