Re: KDE3.2.1 X resolution
Anders Ellenshøj Andersen wrote: After upgrading to kde 3.2.1 my x resolution has gone from 100x100 to 75x75 dpi. I saw this happen yesterday, quite some time after I had upgraded KDE to 3.2.1, so I don't think that's what does it. I looked in /var/log/XFree86.log and saw an error relating to reading VESA information from the video card. This caused it to default to 75 dpi instead of 100, resulting in very small fonts. So I restarted the X server and the error was not repeated. Everything seems happy now. So my guess is that this is a small, intermittent glitch in XFree86 4.3. Craig
Re: KDE3.2.1 X resolution
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 27 March 2004 17:11, Craig Dickson wrote: Anders Ellenshøj Andersen wrote: After upgrading to kde 3.2.1 my x resolution has gone from 100x100 to 75x75 dpi. I saw this happen yesterday, quite some time after I had upgraded KDE to 3.2.1, so I don't think that's what does it. Check /etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers. There used to be -dpi 100 options in there, but I think they're gone now (at last). Cheers. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAZaxsgm/Kwh6ICoQRAiC4AKC3fXHL5tOu6dYGTYMO7I/T4gLYcACeNFsn 5I2o3jPBXYxrjeNMsb00ZWM= =1Wz2 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: KDE3.2.1 X resolution
On Saturday 27 March 2004 17:11, Craig Dickson wrote: Anders Ellenshøj Andersen wrote: After upgrading to kde 3.2.1 my x resolution has gone from 100x100 to 75x75 dpi. So my guess is that this is a small, intermittent glitch in XFree86 4.3. I am not sure. KDE seems to be handling the change reasonably well, though I did have to tweak the fonts a bit after switching to 3.2.1. The problem is very bad in gtk applications (gqview and gimp), where the fonts are barely readable. I did look in the XFree log file, and there is a line from display initialisation which says. (==) SIS(0): DPI set to (75, 75) I have rebooted a couple of times and that doesn't change anything. Also I checked in /etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers There is no -dpi 100 option in there. Anders -- This email was generated using KMail from KDE 3.1.5 on Debian GNU/Linux
Re: KDE3.2.1 X resolution [FIXED]
On Saturday 27 March 2004 17:58, Adeodato Simó wrote: You have two options: (1) restore -dpi 100 in Xservers, so that you'll have the same as you had before upgrading [note that you'll have to change back your KDE fonts]; (2) stay in 75, 75 (which is what XFree detects is appropiate for your card, I think/it seems) and change/tweak *once* the font-size for GTK apps, just as you did in KDE. I did some research and evidence suggested that XFree86 should be able to calculate the resolution automatically, given the correct info. It obviously wasn't able to pull the LCD display for this info via the mechanism described in the manual. So I took a ruler and manually measured the physical size of the LCD diplay in millimeters and entered it into the monitor section of XF86Config-4 using the DisplaySize option. This worked. XFree86 now correctly finds the dpi to be 96x96 dpi. Thanks for the hints. Anders -- This email was generated using KMail from KDE 3.1.5 on Debian GNU/Linux
Re: KDE3.2.1 X resolution
* Anders Ellenshøj Andersen [Sat, 27 Mar 2004 17:41:28 +0100]: On Saturday 27 March 2004 17:11, Craig Dickson wrote: Anders Ellenshøj Andersen wrote: After upgrading to kde 3.2.1 my x resolution has gone from 100x100 to 75x75 dpi. So my guess is that this is a small, intermittent glitch in XFree86 4.3. I am not sure. KDE seems to be handling the change reasonably well, though I did have to tweak the fonts a bit after switching to 3.2.1. The problem is very bad in gtk applications (gqview and gimp), where the fonts are barely readable. I did look in the XFree log file, and there is a line from display initialisation which says. (==) SIS(0): DPI set to (75, 75) I have rebooted a couple of times and that doesn't change anything. Also I checked in /etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers There is no -dpi 100 option in there. You have two options: (1) restore -dpi 100 in Xservers, so that you'll have the same as you had before upgrading [note that you'll have to change back your KDE fonts]; (2) stay in 75, 75 (which is what XFree detects is appropiate for your card, I think/it seems) and change/tweak *once* the font-size for GTK apps, just as you did in KDE. -- Adeodato Simó (a.k.a. thibaut) EM: asp16 [ykwim] alu.ua.es | IM: my_dato [jabber.org] | PK: DA6AE621 He who has not a good memory should never take upon himself the trade of lying. -- Michel de Montaigne signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: KDE3.2.1 X resolution [FIXED]
On Saturday 27 March 2004 10:58 am, Anders Ellenshøj Andersen wrote: On Saturday 27 March 2004 17:58, Adeodato Simó wrote: You have two options: (1) restore -dpi 100 in Xservers, so that you'll have the same as you had before upgrading [note that you'll have to change back your KDE fonts]; (2) stay in 75, 75 (which is what XFree detects is appropiate for your card, I think/it seems) and change/tweak *once* the font-size for GTK apps, just as you did in KDE. I did some research and evidence suggested that XFree86 should be able to calculate the resolution automatically, given the correct info. It obviously wasn't able to pull the LCD display for this info via the mechanism described in the manual. So I took a ruler and manually measured the physical size of the LCD diplay in millimeters and entered it into the monitor section of XF86Config-4 using the DisplaySize option. This worked. XFree86 now correctly finds the dpi to be 96x96 dpi. Thanks for the hints. Anders That's what I did. In fact, using DisplaySize is the most Correct (TM) way to do it, since it gives you the true dpi of your monitor, and if you change your resolution, X will still get the true new dpi of your monitor. pgpG6UggO8bEM.pgp Description: signature
Re: KDE3.2.1 X resolution
Hello list, My /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 has this enrties: DefaultDepth16 Depth 16 Modes 1280x960 1152x864 1024x768 800x600 640x480 But I am not able to select 1280x960 in KDE. I am shure my graphic card and my monitor device is able to do this - I had it up and running with XFree4.2. Any hints? cheers Wolfgang
Re: KDE3.2.1 X resolution
DefaultDepth16 Depth 16 Modes 1280x960 1152x864 1024x768 800x600 640x480 But I am not able to select 1280x960 in KDE. I am shure my graphic card and my monitor device is able to do this - I had it up and running with XFree4.2. Any hints? Maybe your monitor supports 1280x1024 instead? Mine does. At that resolution and with a 64 pixels wide kicker a 1280x960 wallpaper fits perfectly. 8) Haplo
