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Loke

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From: Denmark

Registered: 2005-10-21

Posts: 139

Font problem

All this happened after kernel update, along with some other stuff.

http://urbanx.dk/kde3.jpg < before update
http://urbanx.dk/kde4.jpg < after update

The fonts are tiny, and I simply can't change them. The only way they get changed on is to run gnome-theme-manager, but then there's no anti-aliasing. I've tried to
cd
rm -rf .gtk*
And it still does it. And as you can see, this is also happening for qt, and I'm sure that it is gtk which has taken over. How do I reset? I'd like to have normal fonts back. Nothing happens if I change fonts in kde control center. I don't have any control..

Any solution? would _really_ be much appriciated.
Thanks in advance

Snarkout

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Registered: 2005-11-13

Posts: 542

Re: Font problem

The first thing I'd do is rename your .kde directory and reboot to see if that makes a difference.  You'll lose all of you current settings until you remove the new one and rename your current once back to .kde, but it'll be informative at least.  Another trick I've picked up along the way is to create a .Xresources file with just:

Xft.dpi:96

in it -- sometimes that helps, but usually for the opposite issue.  You might try the same file with 75 or 80 in the place of 96 if the .kde rename doesn't do anything either.  I really wish fonts weren't such a huge flippin' PITA in linux.[/code]

edit: good lord WTF happened to my fingers?????

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rpgcyco

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From: Australia

Registered: 2005-09-27

Posts: 74

Re: Font problem

If you've just recently upgraded to the latest NVIDIA drivers, this post [and the responses to it] may help: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=61762

- Rpg Cyco

Loke

Member

From: Denmark

Registered: 2005-10-21

Posts: 139

Re: Font problem

Thanks for all your answers - but I'm afraid I didn't get it fixed.
That forum site, with a nvidia guy refering to a manual, I didn't understand anything of it.. So I'm still looking for a solution.

Thanks

rayjgu3

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From: Chicago IL usa

Registered: 2004-07-04

Posts: 695

Re: Font problem

i had the same problem till moments ago i tried removing .kde i didnt reall want to but tried it
i wish i hadnt
what i did all packages from testing i removed commented out testing from pacman.conf installed same packages from current & extra the nvidia was giving me grief but after several tries it loaded now im back try running pacman -S nvidia theres a new one out  i believe that will fix you
now to get kweather back up what a pain

Loke

Member

From: Denmark

Registered: 2005-10-21

Posts: 139

Re: Font problem

The nvidia driver I upgraded to is stable However I removed the nvidia package, downloaded the officiel nvidia 7676 driver, and now everything works. But thanks for all your answers.
I really can't recommend using that new driver  :evil:

Snarkout

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Registered: 2005-11-13

Posts: 542

Re: Font problem

OUCH!  Please don't read my first post as "remove .kde" -- I meant that you should reNAME it and see if rebooting fixes anything (.kde should be recreated with its default values).  In general, renaming works better than removing unless you're absolutely sure you won't need whatever it is you're removing again.  Especially if you're just troubleshooting.

In any event, it sounds like you've figured the issue out -- kudos!

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rpgcyco

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From: Australia

Registered: 2005-09-27

Posts: 74

Re: Font problem

The nvidia driver I upgraded to is stable However I removed the nvidia package, downloaded the officiel nvidia 7676 driver, and now everything works. But thanks for all your answers.
I really can't recommend using that new driver  :evil:

With the new driver (8174), try putting this in the xorg config file, in the Device section. [Where you specify to use the nvidia driver, rather than nv or whatever]

Option "UseEdidDPI"="false"

- Rpg Cyco

shadowhand

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From: MN, USA

Registered: 2004-02-19

Posts: 1,142

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Re: Font problem

Option "UseEdidDPI"="false"

I found that same solution. Just for reference, Here's my xorg.conf

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waldek_a

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From: Munich, Germany

Registered: 2005-04-19

Posts: 85

Re: Font problem

It did not work for me (probably my monitor does not send EDID so it defaulted to 75x75) but the link you listed was very interesting. I have 17" screen and use 1280x1024 resolution. I tried xdpinfo as suggested in the "Appendix Y. Dots Per Inch" and got

[waldek@wolfblade ~]$ xdpyinfo | grep -B1 dot
  dimensions:    1280x1024 pixels (433x347 millimeters)
  resolution:    75x75 dots per inch

which is the default dpi so with simple maths I came to:

Option "DPI" "101 x 108"

and put it in the xorg.conf works better now.