Fonts too small...

Black666 · Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2002 7:26 am Post subject: Fonts too small...

Hi!

I posted a while ago about a problem with fonts....I reinstalled X and kde tried every hint I got but still no effect.
I have default installation of gentoo with X and kde. When I start kdm, the login manager comes up and the screen looks fine so far...except of the fonts. They are so small that I can't even read the logon details I write.
When I type a long sentence it looks like a long line ("------")

I've uploaded my XF86Config and my XFree86.0.log but I can't find anything wrong with it ... I also compared it with configs of other people and everything seems ok.

http://www.thebigf.com/~black/tmp/XF86Config
http://www.thebigf.com/~black/tmp/XFree86.0

What can be the problem here?[/url]

Black666 · Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2002 8:54 am Post subject:

Installed gnome and started it with gdm .... the same problem.
So there is something wrong with my Xserver....

I installed it twice and no change...there has to be some hint out there :cry:

pablored · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 96

look in /etc/X11/xfs/config

this is in mine:

Black666 · Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2002 10:43 am Post subject:

I have the same settings in my config.
Btw: you mean /etc/X11/fs/config and not /etc/X11/xfs/config do you?

Ah, and when I do a /etc/init.d/xfs status I get a "status:stopped"
Should it be started? And if yes, why isn't it started automatically?

Thnx so far for the hint.

pablored · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 96

You could try using this font server, it could give you more control. It isn't started/used by default, so would need a little bit of setting up (there are a few threads on this).

As it stands I don't think I know how to solve your problem, but this 'could' be a work-a-round. Worth a try?

I consider this a good font related link:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=1282&highlight=mozilla

Naan Yaar · Bodhisattva Joined: 27 Jun 2002 Posts: 1549

You display resolution seems to be totally mucked up, as reported by these two lines in the log:

Black666 · Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2002 12:00 pm Post subject:

Mhmm, interesting. But why does X think that I have such a big display??
It was just a default installation and during xf86configure I only specified the frequency of my monitor (Hor. 30-95 Ver. 50-160)

How do I set the dpi manually?

Thnx for the help so far!!

Naan Yaar · Bodhisattva Joined: 27 Jun 2002 Posts: 1549

Depends on how you start X. kdm or gdm or startx?
[quote="Black666"]...
How do I set the dpi manually?
.../quote]

Black666 · Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2002 12:20 pm Post subject:

kdm

I only tried gdm because I hoped the fonts would work with gdm...

Naan Yaar · Bodhisattva Joined: 27 Jun 2002 Posts: 1549

Change the last line in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers to something like:

silverter · Guru Joined: 10 Apr 2002 Posts: 491 Location: Ulm, DE

try changing to fonts order in your XF86Config file to read this:

Naan Yaar · Bodhisattva Joined: 27 Jun 2002 Posts: 1549

Doing this should just prevent bitmap fonts from being scaled. His problem seems to be related to wrong dpi settings...

Black666 · Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2002 2:04 pm Post subject:

@Naan Yaar: THNX so much!!! That did it.

I still wonder why X is thinking that I have a 1.3m display?

TripKnot · Apprentice Joined: 29 May 2002 Posts: 213

This is a known bug in X and has been addressed in 4.2.99 for the next release 4.3.0. There is a masked ebuild for 4.2.99 if you want to try it. You may also try setting your correct display dimension in /etc/X11/XF86Config in the "Monitor section, eg:

DisplaySize x y # in mm