Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:13:32 +0300 From: Jeff Laine <wtf.jlaine@gmail.com> To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Really strange resolution problems on xorg with a laptop Message-ID: <20081225161331.GA4954@free.bsd.loc> In-Reply-To: <4952A820.6020302@gmail.com> References: <49526071.4030305@gmail.com> <20081224220216.92be9454.freebsd@edvax.de> <4952A820.6020302@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 04:22:40PM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > 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? Maybe this would be useful? xdpyinfo | grep -E "res|dim" Helped me in a similar case. -- Best regards, Jeff () X-mas ribbon campaign /\
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