Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3138 mails)

[Leendert Meyer <leen.meyer@xxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 12 December 2004 08:49, B. Stia wrote:
> Hello SuSE gurus,
>
> Installed 9.2 on a new system (amd-64) Install was flawless. Never
> happier, fast !! Did all Yast updates
>
> However, having trouble with several gnome based (gtk) apps. ie:
> Firefox,Gimp. NVU, and GQview having teeny tiny fonts that are almost
> unreadable. The problem is dpi vs. screen resolution which is obviously
> incorrect. I am speaking of the app menus, dropdown boxes, URL bar etc.
>
> I run a 20" Viewsonic  monitor which shows via xdpyinfo as 375x282 mm
> but shows dpi of 54. Should be about 96 dpi. Have tried all of the
> options in  http://www.mozilla.org/unix/dpi.html which don't work
> except for Firefox where I can force the dpi option.  That still leaves
> me with NVU, Gimp, and GQview with the "teeny tiny fonts"

My guess is that X does not pick up the physical dimensions of your monitor, 
and you need to supply them manually. You could try this:

1. As root, edit /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/xorg.conf

2. Locate Section "monitor"

3. In that section, put an 'DisplaySize' entry. Mine is:

   DisplaySize	360 270

   where 360 is the width, and 270 is the height, both in millimeters. Look in
   the manual of your monitor, or take a ruler and measure the screen
   dimensions.

4. Save the file and restart X

Cheers,

Leen