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