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"Mark Haney" <mhaney@××××××××××××.org> posted |
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44AD03AD.4000603@××××××××××××.org, excerpted below, on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 |
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08:35:57 -0400: |
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> I just upgraded to X7 and my fonts and desktop settings are all screwed |
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> up. My font size is way too big compared to what it was before. I just |
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> spend a couple of hours fixing my xorg.conf file since it seems that |
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> fglrxconfig didn't completely create my config file and i had to rip what |
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> was needed off my old file. Has anyone else seen this strangeness? |
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> I'm running KDE 3.5.2. |
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This isn't an uncommon problem with an X upgrade, particularly if the |
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i2c/ddc/edid info on your monitor doesn't come thru or isn't accurate, as |
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the default dpi seems to change between versions. The cure is to to set |
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"DisplaySize xxx yyy" in your Section "Monitor", where xxx/yyy are the |
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dimensions of your monitor (viewable area) in mm. That allows X to |
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accurately calculate your dpi instead of just guessing. Since I've done |
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that, I've had no more surprise changes! |
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(Note that certain exotic setups, such as my merged-framebuffer dual |
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monitor on a Radeon 9250 card running the xorg native libreware drivers, |
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may have a different way to set it. In my case, the merged framebuffer |
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takes its own separate setting, Option MergedDPI xxx yyy under the |
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appropriate Section "Device", with xxx/yyy now being dots per inch, 100 in |
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my case, rather than screen dimensions.) |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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