Hello SuSE people, Here we go again. Got a beautiful new 21" lcd monitor fron all of my children for the old guys's birthday. Installed jusr fine. (Samsung ) Of courae with higher resolutions I had to change icons and fonts in KDE. Not a problem. But when it comes to Firefox, GQview, Gimp, and the KDM logon screen, I end up with teeny tint fonts. Less than 1/8" high and almost impossibe for the old guy to read. Fixed the KDM logon screen by editing kdmrc. This happened a couple of years ago in 8.0? and I fixed it by running gnomecc. Don't have that anymore in 9.2. Suggestions on how to increase font sizes in X for the apps that KDE doesn't handle ?? Bob S.
On Tuesday 17 May 2005 08:49, B. Stia wrote:
Hello SuSE people,
Here we go again. Got a beautiful new 21" lcd monitor fron all of my children for the old guys's birthday. Installed jusr fine. (Samsung )
Of courae with higher resolutions I had to change icons and fonts in KDE. Not a problem. But when it comes to Firefox, GQview, Gimp, and the KDM logon screen, I end up with teeny tint fonts. Less than 1/8" high and almost impossibe for the old guy to read. Fixed the KDM logon screen by editing kdmrc.
This happened a couple of years ago in 8.0? and I fixed it by running gnomecc. Don't have that anymore in 9.2.
Suggestions on how to increase font sizes in X for the apps that KDE doesn't handle ??
Bob S.
Bob, basically, you started at the wrong end. You should not have messed with the individual configuration parameters for each program subsystem, instead if you should have told X-Windows that the screen had a different DPI (number of dots per inch) In this way, you get X-Windows to use more dots for each inch, since you are lying (about the DPI), you actually increase the size X-Windows display everything. One change, and everything works! Jerry
Bob, basically, you started at the wrong end. You should not have messed with the individual configuration parameters for each program subsystem, instead if you should have told X-Windows that the screen had a different DPI (number of dots per inch) In this way, you get X-Windows to use more dots for each inch, since you are lying (about the DPI), you actually increase the size X-Windows display everything.
I have had the same problem with a new 19" monitor on 1600x1200. When I set the higher DPI, everything works fine in konqueror, all the KDE stuff, all the gnome stuff, but in mozilla, everything is so damned tiny. It just refuses to use the system DPI setting. I've tried everything, and I gave up. I just press CTRL +, and weep. :-)
Vladimir Niksic wrote:
I have had the same problem with a new 19" monitor on 1600x1200. When I set the higher DPI, everything works fine in konqueror, all the KDE stuff, all the gnome stuff, but in mozilla, everything is so damned tiny. It just refuses to use the system DPI setting. I've tried everything, and I gave up. I just press CTRL +, and weep. :-)
This is not necessary. If you're using a GTK1 mozilla.org version, switch to a gtk2+xft version. The problem is that in distro releases that include xft/fontconfig, there is more than one system DPI. Moz does use one of them. Check http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/dpi-screen-window.html to see the one Moz uses, and compare to the one reported by KDE Info Center (which is from xdpyinfo). Read http://www.mozilla.org/unix/dpi.html to find out how to deal with DPI issues. -- "Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made." John 1:3 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/
Felix Miata wrote:
Vladimir Niksic wrote:
I have had the same problem with a new 19" monitor on 1600x1200. When I set the higher DPI, everything works fine in konqueror, all the KDE stuff, all the gnome stuff, but in mozilla, everything is so damned tiny. It just refuses to use the system DPI setting. I've tried everything, and I gave up. I just press CTRL +, and weep. :-)
In Suse 9.0 i had the same problem while working at a higher resolution (like 1600 * 1200).
A trivial solution is to lower this to 1024*768. Another dislikable one is to use gnome instead of KDE. Then he gnome settings deamon runs always. You can also include this deamon in kde's autostart and then you can change the settings via gnome. A solution that worked very wel for me without using this is setting the config file for a user as exlained here http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-user@lists.debian.org/msg46450.html What can solve (i did this succesfully) it is to install/use a theme like Geramik that makes gtk look like QT. There are also other themes that do this. Ah yes. A lot of information can be found here (don't try everything) http://ed.asisaid.com/#linux Good luck Peter Vollebregt
On Tue, 17 May 2005, Vladimir Niksic wrote:
Bob, basically, you started at the wrong end. You should not have messed with the individual configuration parameters for each program subsystem, instead if you should have told X-Windows that the screen had a different DPI (number of dots per inch) In this way, you get X-Windows to use more dots for each inch, since you are lying (about the DPI), you actually increase the size X-Windows display everything.
I have had the same problem with a new 19" monitor on 1600x1200. When I set the higher DPI, everything works fine in konqueror, all the KDE stuff, all the gnome stuff, but in mozilla, everything is so damned tiny. It just refuses to use the system DPI setting. I've tried everything, and I gave up. I just press CTRL +, and weep. :-)
Check your X.org log files for errors. You may have a bad ModeLine in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. This is similar to a problem I had with the display managers (kdm and xdm) before replacing the nv driver with the nvidia driver. The desktop icons, Kicker, and the Konsole window frames are displayed at what is thought to be the maximum resolution for your display which is less than 1600x1200. Within the Konsole window the contents are being displayed at 1600x1200 but scaled with regard to the assumed default resolution. There is a "feature" in the X.org X server or the drivers provided by X.org that attempts to protect the user from selecting an unsupportable resolution. The probe is made at the wrong time, saved, and used by the display manager. It could also be an error in the SaX2 database. At any rate, you need to remove the modelines for resolutions other than the one that you want to use. Verify from the manufacturer's data that the modeline is correct. Reboot the system. Merton Campbell Crockett -- BEGIN: vcard VERSION: 3.0 FN: Merton Campbell Crockett ORG: General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems; Intelligence and Exploitation Systems N: Crockett;Merton;Campbell EMAIL;TYPE=internet: mcc@CATO.GD-AIS.COM TEL;TYPE=work,voice,msg,pref: +1(805)497-5045 TEL;TYPE=work,fax: +1(805)497-5050 TEL;TYPE=cell,voice,msg: +1(805)377-6762 END: vcard
On Tuesday 17 May 2005 02:13, Jerry Westrick wrote:
On Tuesday 17 May 2005 08:49, B. Stia wrote:
Hello SuSE people,
<snip some> Suggestions on how to increase font sizes in X for the apps that KDE doesn't handle ??
Bob S.
Bob, basically, you started at the wrong end. You should not have messed with the individual configuration parameters for each program subsystem, instead if you should have told X-Windows that the screen had a different DPI (number of dots per inch) In this way, you get X-Windows to use more dots for each inch, since you are lying (about the DPI), you actually increase the size X-Windows display everything.
One change, and everything works!
Hello Jerry, Thanks for replying. Welllllll....possibly you are correct, BUT, maybe I didn't provide enough info. Set the 21"monitor up with Yast/Sax2. Set it at 1600x1200. The "geometry" part of this is set to 1024x768 and refuses to be changed. Can't see where you can change the dpi. xdpyinfo shows the resolution at 48 x 48 dpi and the dimensions as 1024 x 768 (542 x 406 millimeters) Sooo...They are different and cannot be resolved. Merton, My Xorg.conf file exists but is not touched. It still shows the old monitor and settings. There are however some new XF86.conf files which Yast/Sax2 changed. I would think that Xorg would be where the changes were made. Rodney, Went and downloaded the gtk-qt-engine src file. Will have to compile if need be because I am running 64 bit system. Late now, try tomorrow. FYI I do not have a gnome-font-properties in /opt/gnome/bin Stick with me people. I need the help. Bob S.
Thanks for replying. Welllllll....possibly you are correct, BUT, maybe I didn't provide enough info. Set the 21"monitor up with Yast/Sax2. Set it at 1600x1200. The "geometry" part of this is set to 1024x768 and refuses to be changed. Can't see where you can change the dpi.
I don't have access to my 9.3 box right now, but you should check /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc There are two lines that set the parameters related to X. Just append your "-dpi xx" there. Regards, Verdi -- 5 GB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS http://www.gmx.net/de/go/promail +++ GMX - die erste Adresse f�r Mail, Message, More +++
On Wednesday 18 May 2005 03:27, Verdi March wrote:
Thanks for replying. Welllllll....possibly you are correct, BUT, maybe I didn't provide enough info. Set the 21"monitor up with Yast/Sax2. Set it at 1600x1200. The "geometry" part of this is set to 1024x768 and refuses to be changed. Can't see where you can change the dpi.
I don't have access to my 9.3 box right now, but you should check /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
There are two lines that set the parameters related to X. Just append your "-dpi xx" there.
Hi Verdi, Isn't kdmrc only for setting the "greeting" screen ?? That is where I made my fonts bigger to be able to logon. If that is not correct please tell me whaat two lines I should be looking for. Bob S.
On Wed, 18 May 2005, B. Stia wrote:
On Tuesday 17 May 2005 02:13, Jerry Westrick wrote:
On Tuesday 17 May 2005 08:49, B. Stia wrote:
Hello SuSE people,
<snip some> Suggestions on how to increase font sizes in X for the apps that KDE doesn't handle ??
Bob S.
Bob, basically, you started at the wrong end. You should not have messed with the individual configuration parameters for each program subsystem, instead if you should have told X-Windows that the screen had a different DPI (number of dots per inch) In this way, you get X-Windows to use more dots for each inch, since you are lying (about the DPI), you actually increase the size X-Windows display everything.
One change, and everything works!
Hello Jerry,
Thanks for replying. Welllllll....possibly you are correct, BUT, maybe I didn't provide enough info. Set the 21"monitor up with Yast/Sax2. Set it at 1600x1200. The "geometry" part of this is set to 1024x768 and refuses to be changed. Can't see where you can change the dpi.
xdpyinfo shows the resolution at 48 x 48 dpi and the dimensions as 1024 x 768 (542 x 406 millimeters) Sooo...They are different and cannot be resolved.
Merton,
My Xorg.conf file exists but is not touched. It still shows the old monitor and settings. There are however some new XF86.conf files which Yast/Sax2 changed. I would think that Xorg would be where the changes were made.
/etc/X11/XF86Config should be a symlink to /etc/X11/xorg.conf. The last modification dates to any of the other XF86Config.* files should be prior to the date that you upgraded to SuSE 9.3. The only files that SaX2 and YaST2 should be modifying are the xorg.conf.* files. The geometry values displayed by SaX2 are the problem. I don't recall what video card you were using but I have an GeForce FX 5200 based card from Pine. Using the nv driver from X.org, the geometry was captured before setting the display resolution. A ViewSonic VP201m only reports the current geometry. It has an initial value of 1024x768 to support the BIOS video output. The only way to get around the geometry problem was to replace the nv driver with the nvidia driver from nVidia. It apparently doesn't support the request for geometry and allows the 1600x1200 mode to be set and used by the display manager. Merton Campbell Crockett
Rodney,
Went and downloaded the gtk-qt-engine src file. Will have to compile if need be because I am running 64 bit system. Late now, try tomorrow. FYI I do not have a gnome-font-properties in /opt/gnome/bin
Stick with me people. I need the help.
Bob S.
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On Wednesday 18 May 2005 10:10, Merton Campbell Crockett wrote:
On Wed, 18 May 2005, B. Stia wrote:
On Tuesday 17 May 2005 02:13, Jerry Westrick wrote:
On Tuesday 17 May 2005 08:49, B. Stia wrote:
Hello SuSE people,
<snip some> Suggestions on how to increase font sizes in X for the apps that KDE doesn't handle ??
Bob S.
<snip more> Merton,
My Xorg.conf file exists but is not touched. It still shows the old monitor and settings. There are however some new XF86.conf files which Yast/Sax2 changed. I would think that Xorg would be where the changes were made.
/etc/X11/XF86Config should be a symlink to /etc/X11/xorg.conf. The last modification dates to any of the other XF86Config.* files should be prior to the date that you upgraded to SuSE 9.3. The only files that SaX2 and YaST2 should be modifying are the xorg.conf.* files.
Well I checked again and the dates on the XF86 config file corresponds to the date I changed the monitor and correctly shows it. It is not a symlink to xorg.conf which predates the monitor change and still shows the old monitor. I guess that Sax2 and Yast2 are not following the rules.
The geometry values displayed by SaX2 are the problem. I don't recall what video card you were using but I have an GeForce FX 5200 based card from Pine. Using the nv driver from X.org, the geometry was captured before setting the display resolution. A ViewSonic VP201m only reports the current geometry. It has an initial value of 1024x768 to support the BIOS video output.
I am using the GeForce FX 5700 and the nvidia driver is loaded. Here is what I discovered today. By "clicking" on the screen, a menu is brought up to "Configure Desktop" You are able then to set the desktop resolution to whatever you wish. This resolution setting is then reflected both in Sax2 and the xdpyinfo queries. Tried it several times with different settings and it always reflected what I had set manually.
The only way to get around the geometry problem was to replace the nv driver with the nvidia driver from nVidia. It apparently doesn't support the request for geometry and allows the 1600x1200 mode to be set and used by the display manager.
Try what I just said. It will be enlightening. Sooooo....I guess the problem is not really resolution but is somehow based in the GTK apps. Mozilla, GQView, Gimp. etc. There HAS to be someplace to set font size for the GTK stuff, just need to find it. As I said in my earliest post, years ago, I used gnomecc to set it and it worked just fine, or in Mozilla I set it in some .js file which I don't remember. Firefox doesn't have that file, let alone GQView and Gimp. (Rant On) You would think by now that all of these apps would be integrated into the SuSE OS. That, if you did a simple change like a monitor, it would just work. I have run SuSE since 6.something and I keep thinking that the next release will solve this Problem .........WRONG !!........... SuSE or Linux, for that matter, will never become a Desktop OS until these kinds of things are addressed. Normal people (not me) just won't put up with this kind of stuff. (Rant off) Soooo.... I need a Guru. How do I make these GTK apps change their font sizes to something readable. It must be system-wide, No ?? The KDE stuff was easy !! Bob S.
On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 22:58, B. Stia
(Rant On) You would think by now that all of these apps would be integrated into the SuSE OS. That, if you did a simple change like a monitor, it would just work. I have run SuSE since 6.something and I keep thinking that the next release will solve this Problem .........WRONG !!........... SuSE or Linux, for that matter, will never become a Desktop OS until these kinds of things are addressed. Normal people (not me) just won't put up with this kind of stuff.
(Rant off)
That is easy. change a monitor or graphics card boot to linux mode 3. Log in as root and run SaX2 -l to force low resolution. Then run SaX2 and follow the menus and make the needed changes and tests. For windows people as I remember since 98 you booted to safe mode and then ran the setup program off the floppy for the new hardware. So its not much different. -- ___ _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ | | | | [__ | | | |___ |_|_| ___] | \/
On Tuesday 17 May 2005 2:49 am, B. Stia wrote:
Hello SuSE people,
Here we go again. Got a beautiful new 21" lcd monitor fron all of my children for the old guys's birthday. Installed jusr fine. (Samsung )
Of courae with higher resolutions I had to change icons and fonts in KDE. Not a problem. But when it comes to Firefox, GQview, Gimp, and the KDM logon screen, I end up with teeny tint fonts. Less than 1/8" high and almost impossibe for the old guy to read. Fixed the KDM logon screen by editing kdmrc.
This happened a couple of years ago in 8.0? and I fixed it by running gnomecc. Don't have that anymore in 9.2.
Suggestions on how to increase font sizes in X for the apps that KDE doesn't handle ??
Bob S.
I'm not sure this is the right way to do it or not, however this solution has worked out for me. First, try to get the gtk-qt-engine package from kde-look.org. Compile, install and go to the kde control center ( you will see an icon under Appearance & Themes -> GTK Styles & Fonts) and change your gtk settings for kde as you wish. If this does not work for you, try as a regular user and as root and run "gnome-font-properties" in SuSE its in /opt/gnome/bin/ and change font properties for gnome to a larger size both as regular user and as root. It may not be the "correct" solution but it has worked for me. Cheers, Rodney
Hello SuSE people, Extremely frustrated. Spent many hours on this already. The other thread explained a new TFT-LCD monitor was installed. Much higher resolution. Some configuring but everything is fine except I have teeny unreadable fonts in Gimp, GQView,Firefox, etc. Went through endless resolution -dpi suggestions and nothing affected those fonts. One of those that replied to the post suggested to install gtk-qt-engine to change the font sizes. I checked and found that it is installed on my system. It is supposed to be in Control Center but is not. I am guessing that this is the replacement for the old gnomecc program. How does one invoke this program ? There does not seem to be any binary or script. OR.....Does anyone have any other ideas as to why I have this program? Bob S.
On Friday 20 May 2005 01:36, B. Stia wrote:
Extremely frustrated. Spent many hours on this already. The other thread explained a new TFT-LCD monitor was installed. Much higher resolution. Some configuring but everything is fine except I have teeny unreadable fonts in Gimp, GQView,Firefox, etc.
Yes, this is an absolute PITB.
One of those that replied to the post suggested to install gtk-qt-engine to change the font sizes. I checked and found that it is installed on my system. It is supposed to be in Control Center but is not. I am guessing that this is the replacement for the old gnomecc program.
No, it's an applet that tries to reconcile the Qt and GTK themes. Have you looked in K | Applications? That's where it is with me. I think it is only in the most recent versions of KDE that it appears in KControl. I have this in my ~/.gtkrc-2.0: include "/opt/gnome/share/themes/Mist/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" style "user-font" { font_name="Sans Serif 10" } widget_class "*" style "user-font" gtk-theme-name="Mist" gtk-font-name="Sans Serif 10" In an earlier 9.1, I had: style "my-default-font" { font-name="Luxi Sans 10" } class "*" style "my-default-font" Fonts are OK on both GTK1 and GTK2 apps, but GTK1 apps have the old Motif style widgets (very ugly), while GTK2 apps have the nice Mist style. You might try fiddling around with ~/.gtkrc and ~/.gtkrc-2.0 and see what happens. -- Pob hwyl / Best wishes Kevin Donnelly www.kyfieithu.co.uk - Meddalwedd Rhydd yn Gymraeg www.cymrux.org.uk - Linux Cymraeg ar un CD!
On Friday 20 May 2005 04:56, Kevin Donnelly wrote:
On Friday 20 May 2005 01:36, B. Stia wrote:
Extremely frustrated. Spent many hours on this already. The other thread explained a new TFT-LCD monitor was installed. Much higher resolution. Some configuring but everything is fine except I have teeny unreadable fonts in Gimp, GQView,Firefox, etc.
Yes, this is an absolute PITB.
Hi Kevin, thanks for replying. Here in the US it is an absolute PITA !
I am guessing that this is the replacement for the old gnomecc program.
No, it's an applet that tries to reconcile the Qt and GTK themes. Have you looked in K | Applications? That's where it is with me. I think it is only in the most recent versions of KDE that it appears in KControl.
Afraid I don't know where K|Applications is. I have found an app called QT Settings by accident, then changed fonts, theme etc. but nothing happened. I am running 9.2 64 bit with KDE 3.4
I have this in my ~/.gtkrc-2.0: include "/opt/gnome/share/themes/Mist/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" style "user-font" { font_name="Sans Serif 10"
.................<snip some>...........
Fonts are OK on both GTK1 and GTK2 apps, but GTK1 apps have the old Motif style widgets (very ugly), while GTK2 apps have the nice Mist style.
You might try fiddling around with ~/.gtkrc and ~/.gtkrc-2.0 and see what happens.
I don't have a .gtkrc or .gtkrc-2.0 in my home directory. I did a locate on gtkrc and came up with at least 50 of them. Checked everyone of them with no results. I then started to go into the individual apps and made changes with no effect. In Firefox and NVU I went in and added the userchrome.css. Course I may not be editing that properly. I have 5 apps, all with the same problem, Firefox, NVU, GQView, Gimp, and IglooFTP-Pro. Can't use any of them without straining my eyes to read the menus. I have googled this list without any solution. Guess I need to try again. I really don't understand this. You'd think by now there would be a simple solution. Just wish that one of the Guru's on this list would reply with a fix. If you have any other ideas I would sure love to hear them. Thanks again, Bob S.
B. Stia wrote:
I don't have a .gtkrc or .gtkrc-2.0 in my home directory. I did a locate on gtkrc and came up with at least 50 of them. Checked everyone of them with no results. I then started to go into the individual apps and made changes with no effect. In Firefox and NVU I went in and added the userchrome.css. Course I may not be editing that properly.
I have 5 apps, all with the same problem, Firefox, NVU, GQView, Gimp, and IglooFTP-Pro. Can't use any of them without straining my eyes to read the menus.
I have googled this list without any solution. Guess I need to try again. I really don't understand this. You'd think by now there would be a simple solution. Just wish that one of the Guru's on this list would reply with a fix.
If you have any other ideas I would sure love to hear them.
I don't recall you or anyone else responding to my reply upthread: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=suse-linux-e&m=111632911014137&w=2 -- "Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made." John 1:3 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/
On Saturday 21 May 2005 01:23, Felix Miata wrote:
B. Stia wrote:
I don't have a .gtkrc or .gtkrc-2.0 in my home directory. I did a locate on gtkrc and came up with at least 50 of them. Checked everyone of them with no results. I then started to go into the individual apps and made changes with no effect. In Firefox and NVU I went in and added the userchrome.css. Course I may not be editing that properly.
I have 5 apps, all with the same problem, Firefox, NVU, GQView, Gimp, and IglooFTP-Pro. Can't use any of them without straining my eyes to read the menus.
I have googled this list without any solution. Guess I need to try again. I really don't understand this. You'd think by now there would be a simple solution. Just wish that one of the Guru's on this list would reply with a fix.
If you have any other ideas I would sure love to hear them.
I don't recall you or anyone else responding to my reply upthread: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=suse-linux-e&m=111632911014137&w=2 -- Felix, Thanks for replying. I know you are a regular contributor to this list and inpart valuable info to all of us. However, as far as I know, what you are stating doesn't apply. If I am wrong PLEASE yell at me.
ie: I downloaded and copied that page feferenced in your post. The problem is not just with Mozilla/Firefox. It is with Gimp, GQView, NVU, & Igloo FTP Pro. I can increase the dpi to very high values. This has the effect of enlarging the display of the app by a great magnitude. However, no matter the size of the display the fonts size remains the same teeny size. (sans 6 in Firefox & NVU. I assume the same with the other apps). As stated above, I even tried the UserChrome.css as suggessted on the Mozilla page. Doesn't work, This HAS to be a systemwide GTK font issue as it effects every app in that category. I thank you for trying. I have tried every suggestion posted here with the same results. If you have any other ideas or suggestions I would welcome them. Bob S.
B. Stia wrote:
On Saturday 21 May 2005 01:23, Felix Miata wrote:
B. Stia wrote:
I don't have a .gtkrc or .gtkrc-2.0 in my home directory. I did a locate on gtkrc and came up with at least 50 of them. Checked everyone of them with no results. I then started to go into the individual apps and made changes with no effect. In Firefox and NVU I went in and added the userchrome.css. Course I may not be editing that properly.
I have 5 apps, all with the same problem, Firefox, NVU, GQView, Gimp, and IglooFTP-Pro. Can't use any of them without straining my eyes to read the menus.
I have googled this list without any solution. Guess I need to try again. I really don't understand this. You'd think by now there would be a simple solution. Just wish that one of the Guru's on this list would reply with a fix.
If you have any other ideas I would sure love to hear them.
I don't recall you or anyone else responding to my reply upthread: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=suse-linux-e&m=111632911014137&w=2
Thanks for replying. I know you are a regular contributor to this list and inpart valuable info to all of us. However, as far as I know, what you are stating doesn't apply. If I am wrong PLEASE yell at me.
ie: I downloaded and copied that page feferenced in your post. The problem is not just with Mozilla/Firefox. It is with Gimp, GQView, NVU, & Igloo FTP Pro. I can increase the dpi to very high values. This has the effect of enlarging the display of the app by a great magnitude. However, no matter the size of the display the fonts size remains the same teeny size. (sans 6 in Firefox & NVU. I assume the same with the other apps). As stated above, I even tried the UserChrome.css as suggessted on the Mozilla page. Doesn't work, This HAS to be a systemwide GTK font issue as it effects every app in that category. I thank you for trying. I have tried every suggestion posted here with the same results. If you have any other ideas or suggestions I would welcome them.
If they won't run from a konsole, probably have to figure out where gnome-control-center (for GTK2) and gnomecc (for GTK1) are hiding amongst SuSE packages for ultimate GTK1/2 app solutions, and if they don't exist, what equivalent(s) SuSE provides. I don't know. I don't have access to 9.2 ATM. Is gimp-2.0.4 what you have installed? I've looked through the following: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=suse-linux-e&m=111631260231540&w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=suse-linux-e&m=111648532321081&w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=suse-linux-e&m=111654942522887&w=2 in addition to your current posts without finding *detail* on settings or what you've tried. You may have an installed fonts packages problem in addition to a gtkrc problem. Is your 9.2 install an upgrade install? Do you have both *75dpi* and *100dpi* rpms installed? List all font packages installed. It may provide an answer or clue. Don't email these to me or the list, so I hope you have web space to show me Firefox screenshots of these: http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/dpi-screen-window.html http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/PointsDemo.html http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/fonts-face-samplesL.html http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/fonts-menu-comp-ff.html ... & a screenshot of your entire desktop with NVU, Gimp, GQview & kinfocenter all open on it. Show me the contents and exact location of your Firefox userChrome.css file. I've never heard of a valid and properly located userChrome.css file being ignored by Firefox. What does 'xdpyinfo | grep resolution' report? Which config file, XF86Config or xorg.conf or XF86Config-4, is newest in /etc/X11? In the above, in 'Section "Monitor"', what is the complete "DisplaySize" line? In /etc/X11/Xresources, if there is a line with 'Xft.dpi', what is the whole line? In /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc what are the lines Verdi March wrote about? If you extract the contents of http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/multimedia/fonts/mswbfnts.zip into ~/.fonts, does anything in Firefox improve? In Nvu? In anything else? Does anything change if you use the generic nvidia driver? -- "Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made." John 1:3 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/
Bob, On Monday 16 May 2005 23:49, B. Stia wrote:
Hello SuSE people,
Here we go again. Got a beautiful new 21" lcd monitor fron all of my children for the old guys's birthday. Installed jusr fine. (Samsung )
I've recently done the same. There was a lot of rigamarole, but when the dust settled, it was worth it. 1600x1200 LCD with DVI is breathtakingly sharp, but that sharpness alone is a complication, especially when it comes to fonts.
Of courae with higher resolutions I had to change icons and fonts in KDE. Not a problem. But when it comes to Firefox, GQview, Gimp, and the KDM logon screen, I end up with teeny tint fonts. Less than 1/8" high and almost impossibe for the old guy to read. Fixed the KDM logon screen by editing kdmrc.
This happened a couple of years ago in 8.0? and I fixed it by running gnomecc. Don't have that anymore in 9.2.
Are you sure? It's in SuSE 9.3: K Menu -> Utilities -> Desktop -> Gnome Control Center. Although I used it just a few weeks ago when I installed my LCD display, just now it took me quite a while to find it. The K Menu is big, and if it's intuitively organized, the intuition employed does not correspond well to my own.
Suggestions on how to increase font sizes in X for the apps that KDE doesn't handle ??
Bob S.
Randall Schulz
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Verdi March -
Vladimir Niksic