On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 12:11:39AM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > On Tuesday 03 September 2002 20:37, David Zelinsky wrote: > > I recently upgraded to woody (actually I ended up doing a clean > > install, for reasons I won't get into), and now most of the fonts in > > application windows are way too large. [snip] > > from /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/README.Debian-upgrade.gz: > > FONT AND DPI (DOTS-PER-INCH) SETTINGS SET TO 100DPI BY DEFAULT: > > This default can be modified by editing the following conffiles: > xdm /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers (see xdm(1)) > xfs /etc/X11/fs/config (see xfs(1)) > xinit /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc (see xinit(1)) > > The /etc/X11/XF86Config and /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 files (see the > XF86Config(7) manual page for the distinction) are not conffiles, but may > also be edited to change this default.
I made all the recommended changes, and it worked! Fonts now look normal. After some experimentation, I discovered that the only thing that really mattered was reordering the FontFiles in XF86Config. This is using gdm with Xsession (not using gnome). Thanks for the pointer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
