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From: Randy Barlow <randy@×××××××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-desktop@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-desktop] Gnome Fonts Get Small Sometimes
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:22:23
Message-Id: 47F18784.1070701@electronsweatshop.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-desktop] Gnome Fonts Get Small Sometimes by "Canek Peláez Valdés"
1 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
2 > It's the DPI resolution. See the one that you like (probably something
3 > like 96) and set this in the monitor section of xorg.conf:
4 >
5 > Option "DPI" "96 x 96"
6 >
7 > Also, check the log for X.org, and look for "DisplaySize" (when the
8 > fonts are OK), and add it too to the xorg.conf file; it's something
9 > like this:
10 >
11 > DisplaySize 338 270
12 >
13 > Those values are for *my* monitor; use the ones that the logs will recommend.
14 >
15 > Good luck.
16
17 Thank you Canek! I set the DPI to 96 as you suggested, and the fonts
18 came out the normal way. However, I don't see "DisplaySize" I do see
19 Display dimensions (which is a similar value). Is that the same thing?
20 Units of millimeters?
21
22 $ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep Di
23 (--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 8 bpp: 350 MHz
24 (--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 16 bpp: 350 MHz
25 (--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 32 bpp: 350 MHz
26 (--) NVIDIA(0): Display dimensions: (330, 240) mm
27
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29 Randy Barlow
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