Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:54:04 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Subject: Re: skype-2.0.0.72,1 && font size Message-ID: <201101211154.p0LBs4NG012292@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <20110121081336.GA1878@current.Sisis.de>
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Hello Matthias, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote: > I've changed my FreeBSD desktop to a laptop with a high resolution > display (1920x1080) ... now the fonts used by Skype for the window of > the contacts, of the config windows ... are too big, IMHO; > the fonts in the search window, for example, are fine; > see the screen here: http://www.unixarea.de/skype.jpg > > I don't see how I could change this, any hints? Thanks in advance It might be related to the X server's DPI value. Is it configured correctly? When it is wrong, the fonts can be too big or too small. Some applications respect the DPI value, and some don't, so the problem is not obvious in all applications. You can view the current value with xdpyinfo: $ xdpyinfo | grep dots resolution: 100x100 dots per inch There are several ways to configure it. In your xorg.conf file, you can add a DisplaySize line to the Monitor section: Section "Monitor" ... DisplaySize 477 268 # values are in mm EndSection The X server will then calculate the DPI value for that display device. Another way is to run the X server with the -dpi option (e.g. -dpi 100). I'm using xdm(1) to start my X server, so I've added the -dpi option to the local display line in /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers: :0 local /usr/local/bin/X :0 -config xorg.conf -a 1 -dpi 100 dpms If you use a different way to start the X server, then you need to add it to the appropriate configuration file. Hope that helps. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "I invented Ctrl-Alt-Delete, but Bill Gates made it famous." -- David Bradley, original IBM PC design team
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