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On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Thorsten Kampe |
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<thorsten@×××××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> * Nikos Chantziaras (Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:32:21 +0300) |
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>> |
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>> On 10/16/2009 02:22 AM, Thorsten Kampe wrote: |
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>> > |
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>> > I just updated from xorg-server 1.3.0.0-r6 to 1.6. After the upgrade I |
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>> > see a lot of applications have now much bigger fonts then they used to |
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>> > have (the fonts and font sizes of course are the same - they just appear |
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>> > bigger). Examples are KDM, Konsole, most KDE apps (GNOME applications |
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>> > seem not to be affected). |
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>> > |
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>> > The increased fonts looks a bit as when I connect via VNC to the diplay |
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>> > manager session (with the Xorg VNC module). I had the same effect |
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>> > already when I tried to upgrade to Xorg 1.5 (which was why I had to |
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>> > revert back to 1.3). |
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>> > |
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>> > This is a VMware virtual machine with the VMware tools installed and |
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>> > running. |
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>> > What can I do to avoid the "font increase"? |
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>> The best thing you can do with VMWare (from my own experiences) is to |
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>> force 96 DPI in /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc. Find this line: |
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>> |
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>> ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten tcp |
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>> And add "-dpi 96" to it: |
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>> ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten tcp -dpi 96 |
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> |
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> That was the solution. I checked the resolution before the upgrade with |
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> "xdpyinfo | grep resolution" (Tip from the German list): 75 dpi. |
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> Afterwards: 96 dpi. Setting it to 75 solved the issue. |
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> I'd still like to know what exactly changed and if 75 or 96 is the |
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> "correct" value. Nevertheless, I have Xorg server 1.6 running and it |
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> looks fine. |
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Divide your screen resolution (pixels) by its visible area (inches) to |
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get DPI. For example my monitor screen is 16 inches wide and 12 inches |
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tall and I use 1600x1200 resolution. That is 100dpi. In my system this |
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is autodetected when xorg starts (maybe the nvidia drivers do it?). |
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Theoretically, I think if the DPI is set correctly, a 10 point font |
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will be the same physical size on any display. |
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I think most consumer-grade desktop LCD panels are around 75dpi. Some |
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mobile phones like Nokia N82 have a really high-density screen, |
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256dpi. So a website or program that measures its fonts or widgets in |
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fixed pixels rather than relative to the dpi will look dramatically |
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different in those cases. |
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Within programs, using KDE4 daily the DPI seems to be respected almost |
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eveywhere. Sometimes gtk+ apps will have huge fonts for no apparent |
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(to me) reason but I seem to be free of that problem at the moment. |
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