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The problem is this line in /var/log/Xorg.0.log: |
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(II) NV(0): Setting screen physical size to 508 x 317 |
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I have measured the screen and it is actually (approximately) 368 × 230. |
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This error causes fonts to be shown in the wrong size (too small). I |
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think that the fonts became smaller after some upgrade during the last |
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few months. I do not know if it was correct before that or if it was |
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just wrong in a different way. I tried to tell it the correct values in |
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/etc/X11/xorg.conf: |
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Section "Monitor" |
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Identifier "Monitor" |
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DisplaySize 368 230 |
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EndSection |
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Section "Screen" |
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Identifier "Screen" |
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Monitor "Monitor" |
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EndSection |
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It is read without problems: |
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(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" |
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(==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section. |
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(**) |-->Screen "Screen" (0) |
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(**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor" |
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But then it sets the wrong physical size anyway! Is there anything to do |
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besides reporting a bug and waiting? |
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(There are other issues with this video device; it shows only 25 × 80 |
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characters in the virtual terminals (should be 75 × 240). This is the |
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new Dell vostro|1720 from November, that replaced the old INSPIRON|8600 |
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aquired 5 years earlier, with radeon driver. That old device worked fine |
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without any configuration files. The physical screen size was detected |
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and the virtual kernel output switched to 75 × 240 characters as soon as |
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the device was detected.) |
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