[gentoo-user] DPI is giving me a headache!

2008-03-02 Thread Mick
Hi All, I changed the monitor on a box that runs kdm/KDE and the fonts on KDE apps are giving me a headache from eye strain. This is particularly bad when working at a console (white letters on black background) and KDE text editors (with black letters on white background). Essentially, the

Re: [gentoo-user] DPI is giving me a headache!

2008-03-02 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag, 2. März 2008, Mick wrote: Hi All, I changed the monitor on a box that runs kdm/KDE and the fonts on KDE apps are giving me a headache from eye strain. This is particularly bad when working at a console (white letters on black background) and KDE text editors (with black letters

Re: [gentoo-user] DPI is giving me a headache!

2008-03-02 Thread Dan Farrell
On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 14:02:40 +0100 Volker Armin Hemmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Essentially, the antiailiasing seems to alter the consistency of fonts in an irregular manner causing them to blur (differently) across the screen, as if the monitor resolution is out of sync. hmm, that

Re: [gentoo-user] DPI is giving me a headache!

2008-03-02 Thread Mick
On Sunday 02 March 2008, Dan Farrell wrote: On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 14:02:40 +0100 Volker Armin Hemmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Essentially, the antiailiasing seems to alter the consistency of fonts in an irregular manner causing them to blur (differently) across the screen, as if the

Re: [gentoo-user] DPI is giving me a headache!

2008-03-02 Thread Dan Farrell
On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 18:10:58 + Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please find xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log attached. I am using the xorg radeon driver. The font size is just right, would not like to increase it. A few thoughts based on your xorg.conf. 1) you set HorizSync 64 #31 - 80

Re: [gentoo-user] DPI is giving me a headache!

2008-03-02 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag, 2. März 2008, Mick wrote: oh god. I hate this automatically generated xorg.confs. They are filled with rubbish. *sigh* hm, could you try without this? DisplaySize 360 290 #digital, oh wait, you said that doesn't change anything. Hm. You can set your DPI with the nvidia