[Bug 99145] Re: [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI
This is a serious issue. -dpi 96 should never be used, unless the actual DPI of your screen is 96, and for some reason it is not properly auto-detected. Every other program, including GDM and the login themes, needs to take into account a variable DPI, which is likely to be unique to each user. The drivers and xorg config need to always use the detected DPI, and only default to 96 if this auto-detection fails. It's really annoying how even on Linux a lot of developers seem to assume everyone will be using 96 dpi. On a 15" screen, 96 dpi is usually 1280x1024 resolution, and most people I know are running 1024x768. My 15" screen is 1920x1200 or 147 dpi, so needless to say, everything looks too big! I hope we can see this issue resolved at some point...DPI is a physical characteristic of a display and should never be changed. LCDs should never run at less than their native resolution, it's the size of the fonts that should change! -- [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99145 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 99145] Re: [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI
Yeah i have the same problem -- [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99145 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 99145] Re: [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI
Yeah, the -dpi 96 fixed it for me, too. -- [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99145 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 99145] Re: [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI
Ok, -dpi 96 solve the problem, GDM fonts are ok. -- [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99145 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 99145] Re: [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI
P.S. Ubuntu 8.04 i386 release -- [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99145 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 99145] Re: [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI
Hi all! I have an a HP Compaq nx7400 (Intel 945 grafics chipset), i have the same problems - in GDM fonts are abnormaly large. Today i will try "force 96dpi" method, results i will place here. -- [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99145 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 99145] Re: [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI
Until DPI settings are fixed and supported system-wide, would it not be better to set the X server to 96 dpi by default? Currently the entire system is set to a static 96 dpi, and the vast majority of users fall into this category. The few users who do use higher resolution screens have to change the system-wide appearance anyway, so having to change the X server settings wouldn't be as big a deal. -- [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99145 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 99145] Re: [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI
I confirm this bug in 8.04 Beta on an Dell XPS M1710 with a NVidia video card. Steps to reproduce: 1.) Install ubuntu (fonts look good) 2.) Install nvidia driver (nvidia-glx) 3.) restart X 4.) username / password fonts are too large Steps to fix: 1. edit /usr/share/gdm/themes/Human/Human.xml 2. change /usr/share/gdm/themes/Human/Human.xml TO Of course there could be other ways to fix but this worked for me. -- [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99145 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 99145] Re: [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI
** Tags added: iso-testing -- [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99145 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 99145] Re: [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI
After I used the Restricted Drivers Manager to install nvidia-glx-new, I rebooted and the font looked fine. -- [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99145 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 99145] Re: [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI
Same problem for me in Gutsy Beta with default video driver. This has nothing to do with the font dpi set in the Appearance preferences, as mine was already set to 96 to begin with. -- [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99145 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 99145] Re: [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI
An easier fix: 1) Select 'Preferences' from the 'System' menu 2) Select 'Appearance' 3) Select the 'Fonts' tab 4) Click 'Details' 5) Change the resolution to 96 dpi -- [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99145 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 99145] Re: [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI
That does do the trick, Barry. Of course, then the text labels on the splash screen during login are mighty small. :-\ I'm not sure what the best workaround to this might be, or even if there's one that could be considered good enough to use by default. -- [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99145 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 99145] Re: [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI
Hello All, I had this problem too. Exact same steps to reproduce as Jeremy Manning. A solution to this is to force GDM to use 96DPI fonts. This happened with 6.10 as well. I am using a dell XPS m1210 notebook, 12" screen, Nvidia 7400. Steps to force 96DPI fonts: 1) Select 'Administration' from the 'System' menu 2) Select 'Login Window' 3) Select the 'Security' tab 4) Click on the 'Configure X-Server' button at the bottom of the screen 5) Append this argument to the text in the 'Command' text-field: '-dpi 96' (Without the ' marks) 6) Restart your X session to see the changes. -- [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99145 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 99145] Re: [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI
I confirm this bug on an Inspiron 8200 and Latitude D620 with NVidia video cards. Steps to reproduce: 1.) Install ubuntu (fonts look good) 2.) Install nvidia driver (nvidia-glx) 3.) restart X 4.) fonts look too large -- [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99145 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 99145] Re: [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI
** Attachment added: "The HP's gdm.conf" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7078440/gdm.conf -- [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI https://launchpad.net/bugs/99145 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 99145] Re: [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI
Thank you for your bug ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs -- [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99145 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 99145] Re: [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI
that might be due to xorg -- [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99145 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 99145] Re: [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI
** Attachment added: "The HP's xorg.conf" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7078435/xorg.conf -- [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI https://launchpad.net/bugs/99145 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 99145] Re: [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI
Same issue on my Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop. ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI https://launchpad.net/bugs/99145 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 99145] Re: [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI
** Attachment added: "The GDM appearance on the HP" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7078434/gdm-font-large-hp.png -- [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI https://launchpad.net/bugs/99145 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 99145] Re: [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI
** Attachment added: "The GDM appearance on the ThinkPad" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7078433/gdm-font-normal-ibm.png -- [feisty] GDM font seems to be to big or too high DPI https://launchpad.net/bugs/99145 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
