Hi, I have seen this before. I would also check the screen resolution (size) used by the terminal to launch the program matches the largest size capable by your monitor. You can check and change this with the xrandr command. Type man xrandr for info.
Cheers, Reginald McNulty On Jun 25, 2013, at 2:35 AM, Harry Powell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > As David suggests, this is certainly a problem with fonts - you're getting a > large variant of Courier; the default font in iMosflm is Helvetica, and it > looks like your X-display isn't finding it for some reason. > > You should be able to re-size the window by dragging out the bottom right > hand corner of the "Processing options" window, even if there's no visible > handle. > > Ubuntu has been becoming less good at having "normal Linux things" installed > by default over the last few years - I'm sure Canonical has very good reasons > for this, but it has put me off recommending it. > > On 25 Jun 2013, at 10:08, David Waterman wrote: > >> This might be a problem with fonts. On my laptop the menu items use a sans >> serif font and that particular window is just wide enough to fit all the >> items. The font also looks more attractive and readable than your >> screenshot. I'm guessing (from your desktop background!) that you also use >> Ubuntu. Unfortunately I can't remember how I set fonts up on my machine, but >> it may help to: >> >> 1) install the ttf-mscorefonts-installer package >> 2) ensure the package gsfonts-x11 is *not* installed (this causes an >> incorrect mapping of unicode symbols so you get things like the registered >> trademark symbol appearing - an effect apparently known as "mojibake"...) >> >> Cheers >> >> -- David >> >> >> On 25 June 2013 03:46, Thomas Cleveland <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Has anyone else encountered this? When I go to "processing options" in >>> iMosflm 1.0.7, many of the parameters on the right hand side of the window >>> are cut off, and there is no way to scroll over so that I can enter them. >>> I've attached link to a picture of what it looks like. >>> >>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/muwblcgohhxu94c/iMosflm-cut-off.png >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Thomas Cleveland > > Harry > -- > ** note change of address ** > Dr Harry Powell, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, > Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QH > Chairman of European Crystallographic Association SIG9 (Crystallographic > Computing) > > > > > > > > >
