Sorry if this is a very "newbie" question! I am trying, yet again, to get the fonts in SUSE9.3 looking decent on my 15" 1024x768 TFT monitor. They are thick and "blocky". I have tried the monitor driver which was selected on installation, the generic LCD driver and the generic VESA driver. Also hinting, and everything else I can think of. On another list, I have read that running fonts with a dpi of 96 could improve things. But I don't know how to change the dpi in SUSE. I can't find anything in the manuals, or in the list archives. Has anyone changed their font dpi, please? If so, how do you do it? Many thanks for any advice Keith
Assuming you're using SuSE 9.3, open /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and under section [X-:*-Core] you'll find ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten tcp ServerCmd=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -br Just add your desired dpi, for instance: ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten tcp -dpi 96 ServerCmd=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -br -dpi 96 -- Regards, Verdi
On Wednesday 31 August 2005 12:41 pm, Verdi March wrote:
Assuming you're using SuSE 9.3, open /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and under section [X-:*-Core] you'll find ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten tcp ServerCmd=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -br
Just add your desired dpi, for instance: ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten tcp -dpi 96 ServerCmd=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -br -dpi 96
Thank you for your very prompt reply, Verdi. I have done the changes as you said, and I am certain that the fonts look better. I don't think that I am imagining it! I'd almost abandoned 9.3, because of the fonts problem, which I had not had with 9.2. Cheers, and thanks again Keith
Does anyone know how to do this on the GNOME side? Adam Keith Powell wrote:
On Wednesday 31 August 2005 12:41 pm, Verdi March wrote:
Assuming you're using SuSE 9.3, open /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and under section [X-:*-Core] you'll find ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten tcp ServerCmd=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -br
Just add your desired dpi, for instance: ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten tcp -dpi 96 ServerCmd=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -br -dpi 96
Thank you for your very prompt reply, Verdi.
I have done the changes as you said, and I am certain that the fonts look better. I don't think that I am imagining it! I'd almost abandoned 9.3, because of the fonts problem, which I had not had with 9.2.
Cheers, and thanks again
Keith
On Thursday 01 Sep 2005 1:01 am, Adam Vazquez Kb2Jpd wrote:
Does anyone know how to do this on the GNOME side?
Adam
Adam, I got this answer from another list, and have not tried it with SUSE. So I don't know if it works! 1) Make a copy of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, just in case of problems. 2) Load the xorg.cong file into a text editor and find the "Monitor" section. 3) Add the following lines before EndSection: # DisplaySize 270 203 #1024x768 96dpi # DisplaySize 338 254 #1280x960 96dpi # DisplaySize 338 270 #1280x1024 96dpi # DisplaySize 370 277 #1400x1050 96dpi # DisplaySize 423 370 #1600x1400 96dpi 4) Uncomment the line corresponding to your resolution. To get other values, use the formula: displaysize=<pixelsize>/96*25.4 5) Reboot or restart X, after which verify the dpi setting is correct by running the following in a terminal. xdpyinfo | grep dimensions xdpyinfo | grep resolution If the resolution is not 96x96, slightly adjust the DisplaySize values until correct. 6) Configure Gnome to run at 96 dots per inch in System > Preferences > Font
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As I said, I haven't tried this in SUSE, but I hope it works. Cheers Keith
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