[SOLVED] Awesome wm fonts too big.

captainm · 2008-07-29 17:47:58

Hi all,

I installed awesome wm the other day and for some reason all GTK-apps have huge fonts. GDM and the gnome splash screen have the same issue. I'm thinking this is a DPI issue but I wouldn't know where to start looking. Could someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks.

Last edited by captainm (2008-07-29 21:03:37)

freakcode · 2008-07-29 19:28:46

You should configure your DPI at Xorg.conf, or specify Xft.dpi directive in ~/.Xdefaults. Also specify the font used for Gtk apps in gtkrc files (you can use "gtk-chtheme" for it).

captainm · 2008-07-29 20:05:10

Thanks for the quick response.

I've specified the display size in xorg.conf (340x270 for a 15 inch screen). Using ~/.Xdefault doesn't seem to do anything either. GDM and the gnome splash screen also have this problem but applications in gnome do not. What am I missing?

Last edited by captainm (2008-07-29 20:09:43)

sevenfourk · 2008-07-29 20:13:19

Try to play with the /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc to set up needed dpi

exec /usr/bin/X -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp

And, seems something wrong with your xorg.conf, why you set up "340x270 for a 15 inch screen" ? Don't you think the display resolution should be bigger?

Use hwd to generate xorg.xonf

sudo hwd -x

Last edited by sevenfourk (2008-07-29 20:16:46)

captainm · 2008-07-29 20:41:14

sevenfourk wrote:

Try to play with the /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc to set up needed dpi
exec /usr/bin/X -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp

That works. Thanks!

swiftscythe · 2010-08-03 15:42:43

Yes, just what I needed, thanks

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#1 2008-07-29 17:47:58

[SOLVED] Awesome wm fonts too big.

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Re: [SOLVED] Awesome wm fonts too big.

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Re: [SOLVED] Awesome wm fonts too big.

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Re: [SOLVED] Awesome wm fonts too big.

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