Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:22:40 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Really strange resolution problems on xorg with a laptop Message-ID: <4952A820.6020302@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20081224220216.92be9454.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <49526071.4030305@gmail.com> <20081224220216.92be9454.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:16:49 -0500, "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have a HP Pavilion dv5000 and any "standard" xorg app like xterm or >> anything else that comes with xorg seems to work fine but every other X >> application has either HUGE (one character fills the whole screen) fonts >> and/or other weirdness (it could be fonts but who knows).... I just did >> a complete reinstall from sources (portmaster).... the FB version is >> 8-CURRENT (current as of last night) and the ports tree from the same time >> > > Check the DPI settings from your monitor and if they match the > settings in xorg.conf. Some programs calculate font sizes > according to these values. > > > > How do I check that... btw your name seems familar ever use a public access freebsd machine called m-net?
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