On 2012/02/06 06:01 (GMT+0100) Anders Johansson composed:
On Sunday 05 February 2012 18:57:57 Felix Miata wrote:
...proprietary NVidia already installed; accordingly, xorg.conf was created consistent with NVidia custom high DPI operation...
kernel-desktop is a good choice for a desktop machine.
It used to be it was clear that was the case. Or maybe it was recently changed so that is now the case. I can't remember which, but I do remember there was a change discussed either here and/or on the factory list. I don't ever use 64 bit, while the OP only uses 64 bit, hence I couldn't answer when he asked why he had both default and desktop installed on his system, and told the OP to try to find out via the list.
xorg.conf shouldn't be needed anymore, except in very special circumstances
A virtually blind OP doesn't count as a very special circumstance? DPI is the only "knob" available to globally zoom/grow desktop objects like icons and text. This needs to be done before the DTE starts, as the DPI settings specific to the DTEs only work sanely for those DTE's native apps. The closest it's possible to come to satisfactory global results requires using either xorg.conf or 50-monitor.conf to force DPI up, in this OP's case to nearly 200% of 96, to make his desktop font somewhere in the neighborhood of genuine 20pt so that he can see to use systemsettings to fine tune. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org