On 7/19/05, Allan Stirling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Chuah wrote: > > Hi Chad, > > > > Try editing theme.xml in /usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/<theme> (or > > /usr/share/... depending on your installation) > > > > -hachuah > > > > On 7/19/05, ffrr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Chad wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Hello! > >>> > >>>I am using G.A.N.T. on one of my frontends. It's a Samsung DLP HDTV > >>>monitor, and I have attached my Mythbox to it via the vga out on my > >>>nvidia GF4 MMX 440, and in using the "PC" in, which is just a vga > >>>input. The video looks outstanding, I mean this is by far the best > >>>image I've ever seen (when viewing High Def shows). > >>> > >>>But, when I go back to the menus, the font is really small. The TV is > >>>a 61" TV, and the font is probably about .5" to 1", probably closer to > >>>the .5" I've tried messing with the Font settings in the TV Menu, but > >>>nothing changes in the menus. I'm assuming the font settings I'm > >>>tweaking is for subtitles or something else I never use, but I could > >>>easily be wrong. Nonetheless, they are not changing the font in the > >>>myth menus. > >>> > >>>This is also affected when I view descriptions of videos in mythvideo. > >>>The font is so small, that I need to use my super vision to see it > >>>(which means I have to get up off the couch and walk towards the TV > >>>until it becomes clear :D ). > >>> > >>>Any ideas? Where is the obvious setting I'm missing? > >>> > >>>Thanks! > >>> > >>> > >> > >>I altered some menu font size in a different theme (it was too large ) > >>by editing the xml in the theme. Fonts and sizes for all sorts of > >>things are defined in there. > >> > >>I don't know if that's the approved method, but it worked. > >> > > How many bad answers are we gonna get here? > In xorg.conf, or your local equivalent, you need to add in the monitor > section: > > Section "Monitor" > > DisplaySize 270 202 > > ... Where the two values are the X and Y sizes that give you a DPI of > 100 in > > xdpyinfo |grep resolution > > > Which also tells me that I've got it all wrong - I'm showing 75 DPI. > Back to the drawing board... :) > > Cheers, > > Allan. > _______________________________________________
Excellent, thank you! Working great. And yes Donavan, after I got these replies and knew what to search for, I do see it's been covered. But I couldn't find anything last night before I posted this, sometimes it's just knowing the keywords to search for... :) Thanks! _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
