So I started out compiling 2.6.12-r6 with frame buffer support adding in vesafb. Tried various grub lines at various res's, got nothing but distorted console fonts (started 1/3 way over on screen w/ wrap around plus a duplication on the line at the start, only the very top line of the screen displayed correctly). Tried rivafb, not compatable with nvidia driver, tried nvidiafb, no luck. Nvidia driver wouldnt even load in any configuration i tried.
So I go to revert back to a kernel without framebuffering support (also tried disabling RAM disc support needed for initrd) making NO changes to xorg.conf or any xfce settings but when I log in, my system font size appeared much smaller. This was apparent in applications like gnome-terminal, evolution, x-chat and gkrellm. Firefox and xemacs displayed the correct fonts. Application windows were the correct size, simply the fonts were smaller. After changing my modeline, disabling composite support, 'emerge -Nva nvidia-kernel' and various other solutions, no changet and various other solutions, no change was seen. was seen. My question is, you know in gnome-terminal you can select whether to use "system terminal font", what font is this? it seems to be the issue. I *could* simply increase the font size in all affected apps but I shouldnt have to do that. Others have suggested expliciting setting the dpi in xorg.conf but again, I never had to do that before so why now? Right now its 75x75 dpi. I have no idea what it was before this font issue. My native resolution is 1680x1050 (17" wsxga LCD). I'm using nvidia 7667 w/ fast write, side buffering and 8x agp enabled (not the most stable i know, but has not been problematic). Thanks, Chris ---------------------------------------- This mail sent through www.mywaterloo.ca -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
