Hi I had the opposite problem (font where so huge it crashed X when application did not segfault). It was due to teh dpi size setting : fix it by opening the gnome font properties and changing the dpi to something rationale (between 60 and 120, it was at 50). The bug happened even in xinit ... the newest kcontrol also provide access to this setting.
I never found out where this garbage dpi value came from. I know that the X server also report teh dpi setting in /var/log/XFree.0.log. Could you provide both dpi value. It could still be fontconfig reporting wrong values for the font, though from my search about my font problem the chance are low. Cheers Alban -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]