From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 25 16:13:37 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D72C2106564A for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:13:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wtf.jlaine@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f21.google.com (mail-ew0-f21.google.com [209.85.219.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C9338FC13 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:13:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wtf.jlaine@gmail.com) Received: by ewy14 with SMTP id 14so4288832ewy.19 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2008 08:13:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:date:from:to:cc :subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent :x-operating-system; bh=aE04kcY1WSzL4uYFXydGman72BbNavm2fgftB8Apw4s=; b=ghgPZKaK4RFPuTKfgM50cZedFG0ChOg0Cvx3CyKHTA92FMhWuITondgrSJj1ftR5bI ZNFOdiYtOMsy9MvJ6R1hKp/77BdtWZ4icRoj0Z72H/A1osnp5UV6bA2tv/xKDVrI5Bq+ VFNxKpa8T8sqvbyoRPyF32X8PHfRTqnm9tdIU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent:x-operating-system; b=w2KXbvZJ7AOccLmPKZmyYBhiJvQ19ZVLVLly39bTstPYV5bgvCYE56/Pq0j/NRDUR6 0Yj5n9hEXpK86cycHs3KhFKmJtRV5oVgYSYaTtKibRIvNfwNYI9R3JJAIIOlnk3ET6fG JvX0gwEcLkOK6m2OLhsitdVCl3WOR+Dfb4duw= Received: by 10.210.139.15 with SMTP id m15mr11499916ebd.118.1230221616071; Thu, 25 Dec 2008 08:13:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from blackmesa ([77.66.225.53]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 8sm9529024ewy.56.2008.12.25.08.13.34 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 25 Dec 2008 08:13:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by blackmesa (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:13:32 +0300 Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:13:32 +0300 From: Jeff Laine To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" Message-ID: <20081225161331.GA4954@free.bsd.loc> Mail-Followup-To: Jeff Laine , "Aryeh M. Friedman" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <49526071.4030305@gmail.com> <20081224220216.92be9454.freebsd@edvax.de> <4952A820.6020302@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4952A820.6020302@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.1-RC1 i386 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Really strange resolution problems on xorg with a laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:13:37 -0000 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" 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 /\