Re: [gentoo-user] Constraining X display resolutions

2010-04-30 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Freitag, 30. April 2010 schrieb Mick: > On Friday 30 April 2010 18:49:40 Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > > On Tuesday 27 April 2010, Mick wrote: > > > I've had the same problem on a high resolution (1920x1080), small size > > > > > > screen (15.6"). The characters are tiny and anything else but native

Re: [gentoo-user] Constraining X display resolutions

2010-04-30 Thread Mick
On Friday 30 April 2010 18:49:40 Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > On Tuesday 27 April 2010, Mick wrote: > > I've had the same problem on a high resolution (1920x1080), small size > > screen (15.6"). The characters are tiny and anything else but native > > resolution makes images and characters blurred. T

Re: [gentoo-user] Constraining X display resolutions

2010-04-30 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Tuesday 27 April 2010, Mick wrote: > I've had the same problem on a high resolution (1920x1080), small size > screen (15.6"). The characters are tiny and anything else but native > resolution makes images and characters blurred. The solution was to > increase the font size on the terminals

Re: [gentoo-user] Constraining X display resolutions

2010-04-28 Thread Håkon Alstadheim
Frank Steinmetzger skrev: Am Mittwoch, 28. April 2010 schrieb Mick: However, Linux GUIs are very good at geometric upscaling, so I suggest increasing font and icon sizes. I'll try that anyway; it may give me a better compromise. Thanks. I've had the same problem on a high r

Re: [gentoo-user] Constraining X display resolutions

2010-04-28 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Mittwoch, 28. April 2010 schrieb Mick: > > > However, Linux GUIs are very good at geometric upscaling, so I suggest > > > increasing font and icon sizes. > > > > I'll try that anyway; it may give me a better compromise. Thanks. > > I've had the same problem on a high resolution (1920x1080), s

Re: [gentoo-user] Constraining X display resolutions

2010-04-28 Thread Nils Larsson
måndag 26 april 2010 13:57:56 skrev Peter Humphrey: > Hello list, > > My monitor is 1600 x 1200 but I like to run it at 1400 x 1050 (anno > domini etc.). So far, though, KDE 4 doesn't remember the resolution at > shutdown so it restarts at 1600 x 1200. I have to go through the > rigmarole of sett

Re: [gentoo-user] Constraining X display resolutions

2010-04-28 Thread Mick
On 28 April 2010 06:35, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 11:02:53PM +0100, Mick wrote > >> anything else but native resolution makes images and characters blurred. > >  There is one exception to that general rule.  If you divide the X and/or > Y dimensions by a whole number, the result

Re: [gentoo-user] Constraining X display resolutions

2010-04-27 Thread Walter Dnes
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 11:02:53PM +0100, Mick wrote > anything else but native resolution makes images and characters blurred. There is one exception to that general rule. If you divide the X and/or Y dimensions by a whole number, the result may be blocky fonts, but at least there is no inter

Re: [gentoo-user] Constraining X display resolutions

2010-04-27 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 27 April 2010 17:06:07 Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Tuesday 27 April 2010 00:18:19 Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > You haven't told us what kind of monitor that is, > > Because it isn't pertinent to what I asked. > > > but it sounds like it's a flatscreen. In that case you should definitel

Re: [gentoo-user] Constraining X display resolutions

2010-04-27 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 27 April 2010 00:18:19 Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > You haven't told us what kind of monitor that is, Because it isn't pertinent to what I asked. > but it sounds like it's a flatscreen. In that case you should definitely > run it on its native resolution, or else your display will ...

Re: [gentoo-user] Constraining X display resolutions

2010-04-26 Thread Stroller
On 26 Apr 2010, at 12:57, Peter Humphrey wrote: ... My monitor is 1600 x 1200 but I like to run it at 1400 x 1050 (anno domini etc.). Assuming it is an LCD / TFT or otherwise not-a-big-glass-tube monitor, this will make the display LESS sharp. You should make the icons & fonts *themselves*

Re: [gentoo-user] Constraining X display resolutions

2010-04-26 Thread Indexer
On 27/04/2010, at 8:48 AM, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Montag, 26. April 2010 schrieb Peter Humphrey: >> Hello list, >> >> My monitor is 1600 x 1200 but I like to run it at 1400 x 1050 (anno >> domini etc.). So far, though, KDE 4 doesn't remember the resolution at >> shutdown so it restarts a

Re: [gentoo-user] Constraining X display resolutions

2010-04-26 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Montag, 26. April 2010 schrieb Peter Humphrey: > Hello list, > > My monitor is 1600 x 1200 but I like to run it at 1400 x 1050 (anno > domini etc.). So far, though, KDE 4 doesn't remember the resolution at > shutdown so it restarts at 1600 x 1200. I have to go through the > rigmarole of setting

[gentoo-user] Constraining X display resolutions

2010-04-26 Thread Peter Humphrey
Hello list, My monitor is 1600 x 1200 but I like to run it at 1400 x 1050 (anno domini etc.). So far, though, KDE 4 doesn't remember the resolution at shutdown so it restarts at 1600 x 1200. I have to go through the rigmarole of setting it again every time I log in. I have raised a bug report