On Tuesday 03 June 2003 11:00 am, Einar S. Idsų wrote: > On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 11:32:14 +0000 > > Jeff Elkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What does > > > xdpyinfo | grep resolution > > > give you? Is it different when using Debian? > > > Einar > > > > Ah ha! 100x100 under Debian, 74x75 under Gentoo. > > Something in the XF86Config-4 file? > > Jeff > > Good, that should explain it: KDE thinks the resolution of your screen > is low in Gentoo, and hence makes the letters smaller in order for them > to be regular size on your screen. > > The Displaysize setting suggested by Peter Ruskin should sort it out for > you (check it by adjusting the settings in your XF86Config, restarting > X and doing 'xdpyinfo|grep resolution' as above. However, it is quite > possible that KDE overrides that setting, so you have to manually set > the DPI. I am not sure how to do this in KDE, but I use 'startx -- -dpi > 131' to set the dpi to 131x131 when running Fluxbox (make sure you set > the dpi the same for x and y or you will experience some ugly-looking > fonts). Perhaps the KDE control center has a DPI setting? > > Einar
I fixed it by adding a --dpi 100 setting in Xservers for xdm,kdm,gdm and creating an alias for startx with the parameter appended. Thanks to all for the help! Jeff -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
