On Wednesday, 21 Apr 2004 14:47, Kristian Niemi wrote: > Allright, it's that time of the week again when I have a `stupid > question'(tm) to ask. > > I've been using xdm as a display manager, and recently switched to gdm. > The thing is that when I start X from xdm *I get larger fonts*, than if > I start X `manually' (startx) or through gdm. I run X at a resolution of > 1600x1200, and this smaller font that now gets selected is really ... > too small. (The font I'm referring to seems to be used by X in general, > i.e. all apps have smaller fontsize.) > > As usual, I /have/ tried to search the web, but no luck nor help from > there -- so I put my faith in you guys. ;) How can I tell X to use `the > bigger font'? In XF86Config-4 both 100dpi and 75 dpi fonts are mentioned > (100 before 75, if that would make a difference). > > Is there some simple debian *-reconfigure thing to do, or some file(s) > that I should edit in order to fix it? (Or could you at least point me > towards a man-page to read? ;) )
X normally gets its DPI from the line in the file called `Xservers' that looks something like this: :0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/X11R6/bin/X -dpi 117 -nolisten tcp vt7 where you can find your proper DPI to put in by taking 1600/screen width in inches (one inch is 2.54 cm). This affects font sizes, since those are expressed in points, a unit related to physical measurement rather than number of pixels. When using `startx', you can override this value like so: `startx -- -dpi 100' Depending on how you invoke X, files in different locations may be used. For example, if I use kdm, which uses /etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers, but if I issue `startx', it will use /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers. I don't use gdm, so I can't swear this is correct, but I believe the way to set the DPI in gdm is to change the line /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf (and/or possibly /etc/gdm/gdm.conf) that reads something like 0=/usr/bin/X11/X vt7 -nolisten tcp so that it reads something along the lines of 0=/usr/bin/X11/X vt7 -nolisten tcp -dpi 100 (or whatever value is right for you). See man startx, man gdm, man xdm, and the man pages they point to for more information. -- LX -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
