Hate to reply to my own post, but no one else has... I have sorted out the problem. I configured the X server with X -configure. It seemed to work. My display is a PnP one so it could read the model number. Oddly, it choose a very high resolution (1920x1024 - or something like that). It then decided that the screen resolution was 152x152 dpi. So, when choosing even the biggest font, it appeared very small. I then took an X config file that I use in another OS, and the fonts are more what I expect. The resolution is 1120xsomething, which is better on a 15" display.
The odd thing was that the X config file created by X did not have any resolution lines. Not even one. I would have expected it to not work, or to come up in 640x480. Not the very high resolution. As to gnome, I get an error on startup about fonts not found. It sends me to a bug discussion that says to upgrade to X 4.2, as there is a problem in earlier render libs. Well, I am running X 4.2.1 (from gentoo's emerge), and the error persists. Anyone running gnome on gentoo 1.4 rc1 ?? On Mon, 2 Dec 2002 14:39:22 +0100 Roger Oberholtzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Back in the office now. > > I installed the 1.4 Gentoo a bit back. I have a problem with fonts. > They are all too small. I have tried changing them, but, even though there > are many installed on the system, I seem not to be able to use them. Most > print as a much much smaller font. Getting anything over 1-2 millimeters > in height is not possible. > > I have been careful that I have the font directories listed properly in my > X config file. I do not think the problem is there. > > Does gentoo use Xfs to serve fonts rather than the X server itself? If > so, need I do anything after 'emerge kde' to set up the fonts? I have > turned off and on the font anti-aliasing to no effect. Right now, I just > want to see 'bad old' X fonts of the size I specify. > > The X stuff was installed as a dependency of kde and kde runs fine, except > fonts are too small. I tried running gnome, but it complained that some > needed fonts were not found. Very odd as the font directories all seem to > have what I expect, the font.xxx files seem complete, and the X server log > lists that these directories will be used. I think the problem is not > finding the fonts. It is serving them. > > Any gentoo-specific pointers? > > -- > +============================+===============================+ > | Roger Oberholtzer | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | OPQ Systems AB | WWW: http://www.opq.se/ | > | Erik Dahlbergsgatan 41-43 | Phone: Int + 46 8 314223 | > | 115 32 Stockholm | Mobile: Int + 46 733 621657 | > | Sweden | Fax: Int + 46 8 302602 | > +============================+===============================+ > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> > http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- +============================+===============================+ | Roger Oberholtzer | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | OPQ Systems AB | WWW: http://www.opq.se/ | | Erik Dahlbergsgatan 41-43 | Phone: Int + 46 8 314223 | | 115 32 Stockholm | Mobile: Int + 46 733 621657 | | Sweden | Fax: Int + 46 8 302602 | +============================+===============================+ _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
