Need help with unreadable font in 9.1!!!

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Tom Nielsen

7 Jul 2004 7 Jul '04

05:05

I just upgraded from 9.0 to 9.1 and now all my fonts are too small to read. They look like this - about 1 pixel high. Example, I open a terminal in KDE and while the terminal text is ok the menu options look like - -- Same with Konq. I can see the folders, but I can't read the text, ditto with yast2 and sax2. I've worked for the past 2 days to fix this and can't figure it out. I think I need to delete something, but I can't remember what it was. All I know is that it if I delete this file, next time I would log in it would fix the problem. Any help would be great as my system is totally unusable. Thanks, Tom

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John Pettigrew

7 Jul 7 Jul

10:21

In a previous message, Tom Nielsen wrote:

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I just upgraded from 9.0 to 9.1 and now all my fonts are too small to read. They look like this - about 1 pixel high.

Have you tried changing the font settings in the KDE control center? John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Fields of Valour: 2 Norse clans battle on one of 3 different boards

Tom Nielsen

15:54

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 03:21, John Pettigrew wrote:

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In a previous message, Tom Nielsen wrote:

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I just upgraded from 9.0 to 9.1 and now all my fonts are too small to read. They look like this - about 1 pixel high.

Have you tried changing the font settings in the KDE control center?

John

I can't read any thing in order to make the change. All the text in KDE is 1 pixel high. Tom

John Pettigrew

16:43

In a previous message, Tom Nielsen wrote:

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 03:21, John Pettigrew wrote:

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Have you tried changing the font settings in the KDE control center?

I can't read any thing in order to make the change. All the text in KDE is 1 pixel high.

OK. Run Control Center (fourth entry in main apps section). Then Appearance (top set of options), then Fonts (fourth down in list). Now, the Adjust all fonts button (bottom button on right-hand list). Choose a large size by guessing something larger than what is currently chosen (You'll need to activate the Size section by clicking the tickbox on the top right)! HTH John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Knossos: escape the ever-changing labyrinth before the Minotaur catches you!

Tom Nielsen

17:06

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 09:43, John Pettigrew wrote:

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In a previous message, Tom Nielsen wrote:

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 03:21, John Pettigrew wrote:

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Have you tried changing the font settings in the KDE control center?

I can't read any thing in order to make the change. All the text in KDE is 1 pixel high.

OK. Run Control Center (fourth entry in main apps section). Then Appearance (top set of options), then Fonts (fourth down in list). Now, the Adjust all fonts button (bottom button on right-hand list). Choose a large size by guessing something larger than what is currently chosen (You'll need to activate the Size section by clicking the tickbox on the top right)!

HTH

John

Thanks for the thought, but no go. Everything else changed, like my desktop fonts and menu fonts, but the words in kde are still the same 1 pixel high. Also in Evolution. I remember from some time ago, that I had to delete something, but I can't remember what it was. Tom

Patrick Shanahan

17:04

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* Tom Nielsen [07-07-04 11:27]:

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 03:21, John Pettigrew wrote:

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In a previous message, Tom Nielsen wrote:

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I just upgraded from 9.0 to 9.1 and now all my fonts are too small to read. They look like this - about 1 pixel high.

Have you tried changing the font settings in the KDE control center?

John

I can't read any thing in order to make the change. All the text in KDE is 1 pixel high.

<ctrl><alt> will change your screen resolution --> 640x480- <ctrl><alt><keypad--> will change your screen resolution --> 1600x1400+ Would be a quick-temporary fix to allow you to see what you want to adjust. There is also "kmag" which will magnify a portion of the screen. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos

Tom Nielsen

17:38

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 10:04, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Tom Nielsen [07-07-04 11:27]:

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 03:21, John Pettigrew wrote:

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In a previous message, Tom Nielsen wrote:

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I just upgraded from 9.0 to 9.1 and now all my fonts are too small to read. They look like this - about 1 pixel high.

Have you tried changing the font settings in the KDE control center?

John

I can't read any thing in order to make the change. All the text in KDE is 1 pixel high.

<ctrl><alt> will change your screen resolution --> 640x480- <ctrl><alt><keypad--> will change your screen resolution --> 1600x1400+

Would be a quick-temporary fix to allow you to see what you want to adjust.

Neither works. I still get just a line. Kmag doesn't work either. Thanks. Tom

Patrick Shanahan

17:56

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* Tom Nielsen [07-07-04 12:41]:

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Neither works. I still get just a line. Kmag doesn't work either.

did you try the <ctrl><alt> more than once? It increments, will get larger each time as long as your monitor supports the display. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos

Tom Nielsen

18:01

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 10:56, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Tom Nielsen [07-07-04 12:41]:

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Neither works. I still get just a line. Kmag doesn't work either.

did you try the <ctrl><alt> more than once? It increments, will get larger each time as long as your monitor supports the display.

Oh ya. I got it to 640x480. On a 19" LCD, I could only fit 4 folders on the screen. Is there a file that has what fonts are used where? Tom

Patrick Shanahan

18:19

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* Tom Nielsen [07-07-04 13:01]:

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 10:56, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

Oh ya. I got it to 640x480. On a 19" LCD, I could only fit 4 folders on the screen. Is there a file that has what fonts are used where?

You wanted it <larger>. Move the mouse down and left to get to the kicker and as you were instructed: From: John Pettigrew Subject: [SLE] Re: Re: Need help with unreadable font in 9.1!!! OK. Run Control Center (fourth entry in main apps section). Then Appearance (top set of options), then Fonts (fourth down in list). Now, the Adjust all fonts button (bottom button on right-hand list). Choose a large size by guessing something larger than what is currently chosen (You'll need to activate the Size section by clicking the tickbox on the top right)! also: there was a thread about small fonts in SLE around March/April this year. I believe that the gist was to look at the dpi entry in XF86Config and XResources. Look at: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Mar/3070.html you can do further research yourself. Remember... Google *is* your FRIEND, but *you* must *use* it. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos

Leendert Meyer

18:18

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On Wednesday 07 July 2004 19:38, Tom Nielsen wrote:

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 10:04, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Tom Nielsen [07-07-04 11:27]:

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 03:21, John Pettigrew wrote:

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In a previous message, Tom Nielsen wrote:

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I just upgraded from 9.0 to 9.1 and now all my fonts are too small to read. They look like this - about 1 pixel high.

Have you tried changing the font settings in the KDE control center?

John

I can't read any thing in order to make the change. All the text in KDE is 1 pixel high.

<ctrl><alt> will change your screen resolution --> 640x480- <ctrl><alt><keypad--> will change your screen resolution --> 1600x1400+

Would be a quick-temporary fix to allow you to see what you want to adjust.

Neither works. I still get just a line. Kmag doesn't work either. Thanks.

Here's something that just might help (I've tested it on the new KDE-3.2.91 a.k.a. KDE-beta or so): Logout of KDE Go to a text console with e.g. <Ctrl>+<Alt>-<F6>, and login as the user with the problem Go to ~/.kde/share/config backup kdeglobals: cp kdeglobals kdeglobals.BACKUP edit kdeglobals Under the section '[General]', remove the lines starting with: - fixed - font - menuFont - taskbarFont - toolBarFont Save kdeglobals login in KDE Change the fonts to proper ones. Cheers, Leen

Tom Nielsen

18:58

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 11:18, Leendert Meyer wrote:

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Here's something that just might help (I've tested it on the new KDE-3.2.91 a.k.a. KDE-beta or so):

Logout of KDE

Go to a text console with e.g. <Ctrl>+<Alt>-<F6>, and login as the user with the problem

Go to ~/.kde/share/config

backup kdeglobals: cp kdeglobals kdeglobals.BACKUP

edit kdeglobals

Under the section '[General]', remove the lines starting with: - fixed - font - menuFont - taskbarFont - toolBarFont

Save kdeglobals

login in KDE

Change the fonts to proper ones.

No luck either. I just deleted kdeglobals, but that didn't work. Maybe I should just reinstall kde 3.2.3? Tom

Leendert Meyer

19:10

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On Wednesday 07 July 2004 20:58, Tom Nielsen wrote:

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 11:18, Leendert Meyer wrote:

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Here's something that just might help (I've tested it on the new KDE-3.2.91 a.k.a. KDE-beta or so):

Logout of KDE

Go to a text console with e.g. <Ctrl>+<Alt>-<F6>, and login as the user with the problem

Go to ~/.kde/share/config

backup kdeglobals: cp kdeglobals kdeglobals.BACKUP

edit kdeglobals

Under the section '[General]', remove the lines starting with: - fixed - font - menuFont - taskbarFont - toolBarFont

Save kdeglobals

login in KDE

Change the fonts to proper ones.

No luck either. I just deleted kdeglobals, but that didn't work. Maybe I should just reinstall kde 3.2.3?

No, I do not think that will be necessary. Rename ~/.kde to ~/.kde.SAVE. You may delete it, if you are *sure* that there are no settings or files that you wish to keep. After logging in to KDE, a new ~/.kde will be created, hopefully with proper fonts. Cheers, Leen

Tom Nielsen

19:22

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 12:10, Leendert Meyer wrote:

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No luck either. I just deleted kdeglobals, but that didn't work. Maybe I should just reinstall kde 3.2.3?

No, I do not think that will be necessary. Rename ~/.kde to ~/.kde.SAVE. You may delete it, if you are *sure* that there are no settings or files that you wish to keep.

After logging in to KDE, a new ~/.kde will be created, hopefully with proper fonts.

nope...didn't work either. I moveed .kde to .kde-old and a new .kde was generated..but the fonts are still 1 pixel high. Tom

Patrick Shanahan

19:27

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* Tom Nielsen [07-07-04 14:24]:

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nope...didn't work either. I moveed .kde to .kde-old and a new .kde was generated..but the fonts are still 1 pixel high.

Steve Kratz

19:41

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Any chance one of the font packages got corrupted? Might be worth a shot- run yast from a text console & remove/reinstall the X font packages... -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Shanahan [mailto:paka@wahoo.no-ip.org] Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 2:28 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Re: Need help with unreadable font in 9.1!!! * Tom Nielsen [07-07-04 14:24]:

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nope...didn't work either. I moveed .kde to .kde-old and a new .kde was generated..but the fonts are still 1 pixel high.

well, perhaps XF86Config is hosed, init 3 sax2 init 5 -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com

Tom Nielsen

21:45

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 12:41, Steve Kratz wrote:

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Any chance one of the font packages got corrupted? Might be worth a shot- run yast from a text console & remove/reinstall the X font packages...

I'm getting close. I removed all the X font packages and reinstalled them. Now Konqueror (file manager) is readable. but my menus are not, neither is the Control Panel nor Yast2. Anymore thoughts?? Tom

Leendert Meyer

22:16

New subject: [SLE] Re: Need help with unreadable font in 9.1!!!

On Wednesday 07 July 2004 23:45, Tom Nielsen wrote:

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 12:41, Steve Kratz wrote:

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Any chance one of the font packages got corrupted? Might be worth a shot- run yast from a text console & remove/reinstall the X font packages...

I'm getting close. I removed all the X font packages and reinstalled them. Now Konqueror (file manager) is readable. but my menus are not, neither is the Control Panel nor Yast2.

Anymore thoughts??

This is from my kdeglobals: --8<-- fixed=courier,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 font=Sans Serif,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 menuFont=Sans Serif,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 taskbarFont=Sans Serif,10,-1,0,50,0,0,0,0,0 toolBarFont=Sans Serif,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 -->8-- If you put that in the '[General]' section of kdeglobals, you might have readable fonts. Cheers, Leen

Tom Nielsen

22:30

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 15:16, Leendert Meyer wrote:

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This is from my kdeglobals:

--8<-- fixed=courier,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 font=Sans Serif,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 menuFont=Sans Serif,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 taskbarFont=Sans Serif,10,-1,0,50,0,0,0,0,0 toolBarFont=Sans Serif,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 -->8--

If you put that in the '[General]' section of kdeglobals, you might have readable fonts.

Nice effort....already tried it. No luck. BTW, I rebooted and everything is back to the same....as far as my konqueror text is back to microscopic. tom

Leendert Meyer

22:43

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On Thursday 08 July 2004 00:30, Tom Nielsen wrote:

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 15:16, Leendert Meyer wrote:

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This is from my kdeglobals: ...

Nice effort....already tried it. No luck. BTW, I rebooted and everything is back to the same....as far as my konqueror text is back to microscopic.

Please post the 'Monitor' section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config. Just between 'Section "Monitor"' and 'EndSection'. Cheers, Leen

Tom Nielsen

22:59

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new information... Looking at my /var/log/kdm.log I notice the following items: Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local " /CID " /fonts " /usr/local/share/fonts They all end with "removing from list!" Does this help? Tom

Patrick Shanahan

23:04

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* Tom Nielsen [07-07-04 18:00]:

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new information... ... Does this help?

no, do what Leen asked. Don't fight it, follow and we will attempt to help. If *you* lead, we can not/will not follow. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos

Tom Nielsen

23:22

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 15:43, Leendert Meyer wrote:

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On Thursday 08 July 2004 00:30, Tom Nielsen wrote:

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 15:16, Leendert Meyer wrote:

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This is from my kdeglobals: ...

Nice effort....already tried it. No luck. BTW, I rebooted and everything is back to the same....as far as my konqueror text is back to microscopic.

Please post the 'Monitor' section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config. Just between 'Section "Monitor"' and 'EndSection'.

Option CalcAlgorithm Checkdesktopgeometry DisplaySize 320 240 Horizsync 28-64 Identifier Monitor(0) ModelName 1280x1024@60Hz Vnedorname --> VESA VertRefresh 50-60 UseModes Modes(0) Tom

Patrick Shanahan

23:34

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* Tom Nielsen [07-07-04 18:22]:

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 15:43, Leendert Meyer wrote:

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Please post the 'Monitor' section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config. Just between 'Section "Monitor"' and 'EndSection'.

Option CalcAlgorithm Checkdesktopgeometry DisplaySize 320 240 Horizsync 28-64 Identifier Monitor(0) ModelName 1280x1024@60Hz Vnedorname --> VESA VertRefresh 50-60 UseModes Modes(0)

Looks like you did *not* run sax2 as requested. You said that you had a 19" LCD. You need to look at the cd you rec'd with your monitor with the windoz spec's on it. It will be in a file XXXX.inf. I'm just guessing based on mine, but looks like you should have something like: Section "Monitor" DisplaySize 380 300 <----- HorizSync 31-84 <----- Identifier "Monitor[0]" ModelName "1280X1024@75HZ" <----- Option "DPMS" <----- VendorName "--> LCD" VertRefresh 56-75 <----- UseModes "Modes[0]" EndSection The indicated entries in my XF86Config are *probably* wrong on your's. You *need* to get the specs for your monitor and run sax2 and put the correct specs in for your monitor. Or edit it by hand and restart X, but you *must* enter the correct specs. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos

Tom Nielsen

23:45

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 16:34, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Tom Nielsen [07-07-04 18:22]:

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 15:43, Leendert Meyer wrote:

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Please post the 'Monitor' section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config. Just between 'Section "Monitor"' and 'EndSection'.

Option CalcAlgorithm Checkdesktopgeometry DisplaySize 320 240 Horizsync 28-64 Identifier Monitor(0) ModelName 1280x1024@60Hz Vnedorname --> VESA VertRefresh 50-60 UseModes Modes(0)

Looks like you did *not* run sax2 as requested. You said that you had a 19" LCD. Uh...ya...I *did*. I have a 19" LCD. what's your point? I ran this exact same resolution with my SuSE 9.0 and everything worked fine.

You need to look at the cd you rec'd with your monitor with the windoz spec's on it. It will be in a file XXXX.inf. First, I don't have it. Second, I don't need it. My monitor is setup fine.

I'm just guessing based on mine, but looks like you should have something like:

Section "Monitor" DisplaySize 380 300 <----- HorizSync 31-84 <----- Identifier "Monitor[0]" ModelName "1280X1024@75HZ" <----- Option "DPMS" <----- VendorName "--> LCD" VertRefresh 56-75 <----- UseModes "Modes[0]" EndSection

The indicated entries in my XF86Config are *probably* wrong on your's.

You *need* to get the specs for your monitor and run sax2 and put the correct specs in for your monitor. Or edit it by hand and restart X, but you *must* enter the correct specs. What "specs" are you looking for? Display size?

Secondly, this has nothing to do with the fact that some of my fonts aren't working. I posted my kdm.log file and clearly XF86Config is looking for fonts that aren't there.

Patrick Shanahan

23:50

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* Tom Nielsen [07-07-04 18:47]:

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What "specs" are you looking for? Display size?

read

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Secondly, this has nothing to do with the fact that some of my fonts aren't working. I posted my kdm.log file and clearly XF86Config is looking for fonts that aren't there.

Strange, the same fonts not working on your system and not working on mine. You lead. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos

Anders Johansson

23:08

New subject: [SLE] Re: Need help with unreadable font in 9.1!!!

On Wednesday 07 July 2004 23.45, Tom Nielsen wrote:

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 12:41, Steve Kratz wrote:

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Any chance one of the font packages got corrupted? Might be worth a shot- run yast from a text console & remove/reinstall the X font packages...

I'm getting close. I removed all the X font packages and reinstalled them. Now Konqueror (file manager) is readable. but my menus are not, neither is the Control Panel nor Yast2.

Anymore thoughts??

Do you have the package bitstream-vera installed?

Tom Nielsen

23:17

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 16:08, Anders Johansson wrote:

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On Wednesday 07 July 2004 23.45, Tom Nielsen wrote:

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 12:41, Steve Kratz wrote:

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Any chance one of the font packages got corrupted? Might be worth a shot- run yast from a text console & remove/reinstall the X font packages...

I'm getting close. I removed all the X font packages and reinstalled them. Now Konqueror (file manager) is readable. but my menus are not, neither is the Control Panel nor Yast2.

Anymore thoughts??

Do you have the package bitstream-vera installed?

Yes...I have bitstream vera TT fonts.

Tom Nielsen

20:52

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 12:27, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Tom Nielsen [07-07-04 14:24]:

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nope...didn't work either. I moveed .kde to .kde-old and a new .kde was generated..but the fonts are still 1 pixel high.

well, perhaps XF86Config is hosed,

init 3 sax2 init 5

How do I get into init3 from a command line? I've tried to use sax from KDE, but I can't read the fonts. Tom

Tony Alfrey

20:54

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On Wednesday 07 July 2004 01:52 pm, Tom Nielsen wrote:

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 12:27, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Tom Nielsen [07-07-04 14:24]:

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nope...didn't work either. I moveed .kde to .kde-old and a new .kde was generated..but the fonts are still 1 pixel high.

well, perhaps XF86Config is hosed,

init 3 sax2 init 5

How do I get into init3 from a command line? I've tried to use sax from KDE, but I can't read the fonts.

Tom

command telinit 3 -- Tony Alfrey tonyalfrey@earthlink.net "I'd rather be sailing"

Patrick Shanahan

21:23

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* Tom Nielsen [07-07-04 15:52]:

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 12:27, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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well, perhaps XF86Config is hosed,

init 3 sax2 init 5

How do I get into init3 from a command line? I've tried to use sax from KDE, but I can't read the fonts.

<ctrl><alt><f1> login as root init 3 sax2 init 5 -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos

Leendert Meyer

21:24

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On Wednesday 07 July 2004 22:52, Tom Nielsen wrote:

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 12:27, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Tom Nielsen [07-07-04 14:24]:

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nope...didn't work either. I moveed .kde to .kde-old and a new .kde was generated..but the fonts are still 1 pixel high.

well, perhaps XF86Config is hosed,

init 3 sax2 init 5

How do I get into init3 from a command line? I've tried to use sax from KDE, but I can't read the fonts.

Indeed. In a previous mail I tould you how to go to a text console. :) A text console is text-based, not graphics-based, and therefore easy to read. And - lucky you - YaST also works in text mode (sax2 too). Try <Ctrl>+<Alt>-, where the '?' is be a digit of the range 1..6. login as root, then enter the commands Patrick described. Cheers, Leen

Ken Schneider

8 Jul 8 Jul

00:35

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-----Original Message----- From: Tom Nielsen To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 13:52:14 -0700 Subject: Re: [SLE] Re: Need help with unreadable font in 9.1!!!

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On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 12:27, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Tom Nielsen [07-07-04 14:24]:

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nope...didn't work either. I moveed .kde to .kde-old and a new .kde was generated..but the fonts are still 1 pixel high.

well, perhaps XF86Config is hosed,

init 3 sax2 init 5

How do I get into init3 from a command line? I've tried to use sax from KDE, but I can't read the fonts.

init 3 Ken

Tom Nielsen

7 Jul 7 Jul

15:52

New subject: [SLE] Need help with unreadable font in 9.1!!!--Repost

Just thought I'd send this again since maybe no one saw it. Tom On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 22:05, Tom Nielsen wrote:

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I just upgraded from 9.0 to 9.1 and now all my fonts are too small to read. They look like this - about 1 pixel high. Example, I open a terminal in KDE and while the terminal text is ok the menu options look like - -- Same with Konq. I can see the folders, but I can't read the text, ditto with yast2 and sax2.

I've worked for the past 2 days to fix this and can't figure it out. I think I need to delete something, but I can't remember what it was. All I know is that it if I delete this file, next time I would log in it would fix the problem.

Any help would be great as my system is totally unusable.

Thanks, Tom

Patrick Shanahan

16:03

New subject: [SLE] Re: Need help with unreadable font in 9.1!!!

[top-posting edited]

> On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 22:05, Tom Nielsen wrote:
> > I just upgraded from 9.0 to 9.1 and now all my fonts are too small to
> > read. They look like this - about 1 pixel high. Example, I open a
> > terminal in KDE and while the terminal text is ok the menu options look
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* Tom Nielsen  [07-07-04 10:52]:
> Just thought I'd send this again since maybe no one saw it.
> 
> Tom
> 

was replied...  Notice the posting's timestamp.

* John Pettigrew  [07-07-04 05:22]:
> In a previous message, Tom Nielsen  wrote:
> 
> > I just upgraded from 9.0 to 9.1 and now all my fonts are too small to read.
> > They look like this - about 1 pixel high.
> 
> Have you tried changing the font settings in the KDE control center?
> 
> John




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Tom Nielsen

16:21

New subject: [SLE] Re: Need help with unreadable font in 9.1!!!

On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 09:03, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> [top-posting edited]
> 
> > On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 22:05, Tom Nielsen wrote:
> > > I just upgraded from 9.0 to 9.1 and now all my fonts are too small to
> > > read. They look like this - about 1 pixel high. Example, I open a
> > > terminal in KDE and while the terminal text is ok the menu options look
> .....
> * Tom Nielsen  [07-07-04 10:52]:
> > Just thought I'd send this again since maybe no one saw it.
> > 
> > Tom
> > 
> 
> was replied...  Notice the posting's timestamp.

Ya, I noticed this. I was a bit asleep and seconds after posting the
repost I noticed this. Sorry to all. 

I find that if I post at 10:00-11:00pm California time, no one ever
replies...like it's the last on the list and easily overlooked. 

Oh, well. Sorry about this.

Tom

Armin Steinkasserer

27 Jul 27 Jul

11:51

New subject: [SLE] Need help with unreadable font in 9.1!!!--Repost

Hi Tom, hi folks I found this http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2002/06/mfabian_display_size.html while I was searching for a solution for a similar problem with gnome...i fixed the font size in gnome by editing the file file:/home/YourHome/.gconf/desktop/gnome/font_rendering/%gconf.xml from: <gconf> <entry name="antialiasing" mtime="1090786890" muser="armin" type="string"> <stringvalue>none</stringvalue> </entry> <entry name="hinting" mtime="1090786890" muser="armin" type="string"> <stringvalue>full</stringvalue> </entry> </gconf> to: <gconf> <entry muser="armin" mtime="1090837740" type="string" name="antialiasing" > <stringvalue>grayscale</stringvalue> </entry> <entry muser="armin" mtime="1090837740" type="string" name="hinting" > <stringvalue>medium</stringvalue> </entry> <entry muser="armin" mtime="1090837778" value="96" type="float" name="dpi" /> </gconf> I hope this helps ... ciao armin

...

Just thought I'd send this again since maybe no one saw it.

Tom

On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 22:05, Tom Nielsen wrote:

...
I just upgraded from 9.0 to 9.1 and now all my fonts are too small to read. They look like this - about 1 pixel high. Example, I open a terminal in KDE and while the terminal text is ok the menu options look like - -- Same with Konq. I can see the folders, but I can't read the text, ditto with yast2 and sax2.

I've worked for the past 2 days to fix this and can't figure it out. I think I need to delete something, but I can't remember what it was. All I know is that it if I delete this file, next time I would log in it would fix the problem.

Any help would be great as my system is totally unusable.

Thanks, Tom

themadtux

9 Jul 9 Jul

02:53

New subject: [SLE] Need help with unreadable font in 9.1!!!

On Tuesday 06 July 2004 22:05, Tom Nielsen wrote:

...

I just upgraded from 9.0 to 9.1 and now all my fonts are too small to read. They look like this - about 1 pixel high. Example, I open a terminal in KDE and while the terminal text is ok the menu options look like - -- Same with Konq. I can see the folders, but I can't read the text, ditto with yast2 and sax2.

I have this same problem with GNOME and 9.1.. 1px high fonts. KDE is fine but GNOME is hosed. I'd like to get GNOME working as well cause I enjoy alittle GNOME every now and again... -Jason

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