On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 11:07:19PM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: firefox > Version: 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.1-1 > Followup-For: Bug #352045 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Here, the menus have become huge, the bookmark toolbar tiny, and the URL > bar and status bar have switched to an ugly, almost unreadable, font. > Oh, and page fonts are weird, too (like the header in the picture). > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xdpyinfo | grep resolution > resolution: 96x96 dots per inch > > Gnome is set at 106dpi. > > [Hmm, I wonder why they're different... Appears MergeFB in ATI driver > for Xorg is broken and gives 96dpi despite reality.] > > Setting the gnome dpi to 96 fixes the menu bar (after restarting > Firefox), and makes the funny font in the header go back normal. But > that's the wrong setting (it should be ~104), and it doesn't fix the > tiny bookmarks toolbar. Neither does it fix the unreadable URL bar.
The problem is that a lot of people actually believe the right dpi for everyone is 96. That's why gnome uses 96 as a default, and why gdm sets X dpi to 96. > Please revert that change. echo MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1 > ~/.mozilla/firefox/rc Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
