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From: Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Constraining X display resolutions
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:19:57
Message-Id: 201004282319.51611.Warp_7@gmx.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Constraining X display resolutions by Mick
1 Am Mittwoch, 28. April 2010 schrieb Mick:
2
3 > > > However, Linux GUIs are very good at geometric upscaling, so I suggest
4 > > > increasing font and icon sizes.
5 > >
6 > > I'll try that anyway; it may give me a better compromise. Thanks.
7 >
8 > I've had the same problem on a high resolution (1920x1080), small size
9 > screen (15.6"). The characters are tiny and anything else but native
10 > resolution makes images and characters blurred. The solution was to
11 > increase the font size on the terminals and KDE apps. However, I don't
12 > know how to make the characters in the Firefox menus and body larger. Am
13 > I supposed to run gconftool-2 with some esoteric options?
14
15 There's a package that lets GTK apps look like KDE apps, including font,
16 called kcm_gtk. It adds a page to System settings under
17 Appearance->Appearance called GTK styles and fonts.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Constraining X display resolutions "Håkon Alstadheim" <hakon@×××××××××××××××.no>