* Nikos Chantziaras (Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:32:21 +0300) > > On 10/16/2009 02:22 AM, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > > > > I just updated from xorg-server 1.3.0.0-r6 to 1.6. After the upgrade I > > see a lot of applications have now much bigger fonts then they used to > > have (the fonts and font sizes of course are the same - they just appear > > bigger). Examples are KDM, Konsole, most KDE apps (GNOME applications > > seem not to be affected). > > > > The increased fonts looks a bit as when I connect via VNC to the diplay > > manager session (with the Xorg VNC module). I had the same effect > > already when I tried to upgrade to Xorg 1.5 (which was why I had to > > revert back to 1.3). > > > > This is a VMware virtual machine with the VMware tools installed and > > running. > > > > What can I do to avoid the "font increase"? > > The best thing you can do with VMWare (from my own experiences) is to > force 96 DPI in /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc. Find this line: > > ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten tcp > > And add "-dpi 96" to it: > > ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten tcp -dpi 96
That was the solution. I checked the resolution before the upgrade with "xdpyinfo | grep resolution" (Tip from the German list): 75 dpi. Afterwards: 96 dpi. Setting it to 75 solved the issue. I'd still like to know what exactly changed and if 75 or 96 is the "correct" value. Nevertheless, I have Xorg server 1.6 running and it looks fine. Thanks, Thorsten
