[wplug] SuSE font size help

[Robert Coutch]

What happens if you run Gnome or another desktop?


On Wednesday 14 January 2004 08:42 am, Benjamin Slavin wrote:
> Console fonts look good... they're perfectly readable.
>
> Also, for what it's worth, I was able to fire-up a copy of OpenOffice,
> and the fonts in the body were readable at 10-point (which I believe is
> KDE's default). And, the font which is displayed by Konsole is readable,
> as is the clock in the system tray.
>
> I also made sure that all of the settings are correct for the desktop
> geometry (920mm x 525mm), and tried locking X down to the 100dpi fonts,
> then the 75dpi ones... no difference between the two.
>
> Thanks,
>   --Ben
>
> Robert Coutch wrote:
> >Just to see if the problem is with settings in X or in KDE, have you tried
> >using another window manager.  How are the console fonts on CTRL-ALT-F1 to
> >CTRL-ALT-F6 tty's ?
> >
> >
> >Just wondering,
> >
> >Bob
> >
> >On Monday 12 January 2004 11:38 pm, Benjamin Slavin wrote:
> >>As those of you who have a good memory may know, I've been dabbling with
> >>SuSE lately.
> >>
> >>I have SuSE 9.0 running on a 900MHz AMD Athlon system, and have just
> >>finished the reinstallation from CD. Unfortunately, when I start KDE,
> >>the fonts are rendered at about a milimiter in height. It's on a plasma
> >>monitor, but it's still unintelligbly small. Changing the resolution
> >>from 1024x768 to 640x480 unfortunately didn't make it any better (so far
> >>as I can tell, the size is exactly the same).
> >>
> >>I am able to start the terminal and use pico to edit all of the system
> >>files (this is how I was able to change to 640x480), but YaST is useless
> >>since I can't read anything on the screen (this is not an attack on
> >>YaST, as any graphical setup tool would be unusable).
> >>
> >>Any and all help would be very greatly appreciated. Right now I'm stuck
> >>in my tracks in setting up the system.
> >>
> >>Thanks so much,
> >>  --Ben Slavin
> >>
> >>PS - I look forward to seeing folks at the upcoming meeting!!
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