Jeremy Henty wrote: > On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 09:04:54PM +0100, Martin Ward wrote: > > >> this looks odd >> >> RADEON(0): Setting screen physical size to 54 x 3688 >> > > Doesn't it just? Xorg 7.2 does not log any such "Setting screen > physical size" message. > > >> have you tried putting a default depth and mode lines in your >> xorg.conf >> > > RESULT!!! I added 'DefaultDepth 8' to the Screen section and 'Modes > "1280x1024"' to the Display subsection for that depth and it worked. > (Although that weird "Setting screen physical size" you spotted is > still there. I have no idea if it has anything to do with the > problem.) Thank you so much! > > But, why the %^&* should this be necessary? We hear so much about how > Xorg should autoconfigure itself these days, yet this all Just Worked > in version 7.2, but is clearly broken in 7.4. Time to hit the Xorg > list, I think. > > Regards, > > Jeremy Henty > brilliant, why default depth 8, i usually use 24, could be the cause of your font problem, but that is just a stab in the dark
think about it it might also as ken has mentioned something about the dpi setting, causing gtk not to interpret the font settings correctly Martin -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
