Re: Problem with GDM setting ugly system fonts
Hello, Here's the outputs from ps aux and the server settings for startx, kdm and gdm: startx - fonts comes up fine: ps aux | grep x gives: piers 948 0.0 0.1 2300 644 tty2 S+ 17:38 0:00 xinit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc -- /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc piers 1003 0.0 0.1 2972 872 ?Ss 17:38 0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent x-window-manager ps aux |grep X gives: piers 1231 0.0 0.1 2300 644 tty2 S+ 17:41 0:00 xinit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc -- /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc root 1232 39.5 7.4 366416 38160 ? S gdm - fonts comes up as nasty: ps aux | grep X gives: root 1094 12.4 7.5 367204 38948 ? S kdm - fonts comes up as fine (same as startx): ps aux | grep X gives: root 1412 18.4 7.4 366908 38628 ? S Looks like KDM and StartX is using 100dpi while GDM isn't setting any DPI. Thanks very much for your help again ;) Cheers - Piers Micha Feigin wrote: On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 01:04:56AM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 06:27:10PM +0100, Piers Kittel wrote: Hello all, After a long while, finally got GDM to work with Windowmaker, but the system fonts are a little horrible - am trying to fix it. After extensive search on Google it seems that GDM sets the DPI of the X server wrongly - anyone help me find out exactly where to set the correct DPI? I've looked into GDM and added "-dpi 100" to the bottom of I just played with something else my self and noticed the difference with the dpi. The thing is the smaller the dpi the smaller the fonts you will get. Try setting it to "-dpi 75" instead of "-dpi 100", could be that 100 is your default for gdm and 75 for kdm. the config file where it has the server start command, but it changes the font size of the text in GDM itself, but not in windowmaker - application fonts are fine, it's those fonts on the menus like "File, Edit, View" etc that looks nasty. Thanks very much for your help in advance Cheers - Piers I don't think its gdm that setting your fonts, but to test it out you can stop gdm (/etc/init.d.gdm stop) and try running X using startx and see if you still have the problem. I believe its windowmaker settings. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] +++ This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System at the Tel-Aviv University CC. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with GDM setting ugly system fonts
On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 01:04:56AM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: > On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 06:27:10PM +0100, Piers Kittel wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > After a long while, finally got GDM to work with Windowmaker, but the > > system fonts are a little horrible - am trying to fix it. After > > extensive search on Google it seems that GDM sets the DPI of the X > > server wrongly - anyone help me find out exactly where to set the > > correct DPI? I've looked into GDM and added "-dpi 100" to the bottom of I just played with something else my self and noticed the difference with the dpi. The thing is the smaller the dpi the smaller the fonts you will get. Try setting it to "-dpi 75" instead of "-dpi 100", could be that 100 is your default for gdm and 75 for kdm. > > the config file where it has the server start command, but it changes > > the font size of the text in GDM itself, but not in windowmaker - > > application fonts are fine, it's those fonts on the menus like "File, > > Edit, View" etc that looks nasty. > > > > Thanks very much for your help in advance > > > > Cheers - Piers > > > > I don't think its gdm that setting your fonts, but to test it out you > can stop gdm (/etc/init.d.gdm stop) and try running X using startx and > see if you still have the problem. > > I believe its windowmaker settings. > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > +++ > > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with GDM setting ugly system fonts
On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 10:15:49AM +0100, Piers Kittel wrote: > Micha, > > Well, I was using KDM before and the fonts were perfect - when I switch > back to KDM, the fonts are fine, but when I switch to GDM the fonts goes > ugly. But anyway, tried your method, but when I do an "startx" it loads > xcfe - how do I get startx to load windowmaker? > > Thanks for your help so far! > > Cheers - Piers > Another thing, you can also chose the default window manager using as root update-alternatives --config x-window-manager > Micha Feigin wrote: > >I don't think its gdm that setting your fonts, but to test it out you > >can stop gdm (/etc/init.d.gdm stop) and try running X using startx and > >see if you still have the problem. > > > >I believe its windowmaker settings. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with GDM setting ugly system fonts
On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 10:15:49AM +0100, Piers Kittel wrote: > Micha, > > Well, I was using KDM before and the fonts were perfect - when I switch > back to KDM, the fonts are fine, but when I switch to GDM the fonts goes > ugly. But anyway, tried your method, but when I do an "startx" it loads > xcfe - how do I get startx to load windowmaker? > try: cat "exec windowmaker" > ~/.xsession chmod +x ~/.xsession Also to play around with the dpi to see if that is the problem you can run startx -- -dpi 100 If all this solves the problem then we can go back to gdm and see what its doing wrong. You could also try starting X through gdm and through kdm and each time do a ps ax after startup and see if there is a difference in the running programs, could be kdm is starting some server in the background (I know evolution had really ugly fonts for me until I found out I had to start gnome-settings-daemon). > Thanks for your help so far! > > Cheers - Piers > > Micha Feigin wrote: > >I don't think its gdm that setting your fonts, but to test it out you > >can stop gdm (/etc/init.d.gdm stop) and try running X using startx and > >see if you still have the problem. > > > >I believe its windowmaker settings. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with GDM setting ugly system fonts
Micha, Well, I was using KDM before and the fonts were perfect - when I switch back to KDM, the fonts are fine, but when I switch to GDM the fonts goes ugly. But anyway, tried your method, but when I do an "startx" it loads xcfe - how do I get startx to load windowmaker? Thanks for your help so far! Cheers - Piers Micha Feigin wrote: I don't think its gdm that setting your fonts, but to test it out you can stop gdm (/etc/init.d.gdm stop) and try running X using startx and see if you still have the problem. I believe its windowmaker settings. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with GDM setting ugly system fonts
On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 06:27:10PM +0100, Piers Kittel wrote: > Hello all, > > After a long while, finally got GDM to work with Windowmaker, but the > system fonts are a little horrible - am trying to fix it. After > extensive search on Google it seems that GDM sets the DPI of the X > server wrongly - anyone help me find out exactly where to set the > correct DPI? I've looked into GDM and added "-dpi 100" to the bottom of > the config file where it has the server start command, but it changes > the font size of the text in GDM itself, but not in windowmaker - > application fonts are fine, it's those fonts on the menus like "File, > Edit, View" etc that looks nasty. > > Thanks very much for your help in advance > > Cheers - Piers > I don't think its gdm that setting your fonts, but to test it out you can stop gdm (/etc/init.d.gdm stop) and try running X using startx and see if you still have the problem. I believe its windowmaker settings. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
