Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-05-05 Thread Phil Requirements
On 2010-04-30 10:05:42 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: > >http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg > >Does that look right to you? I think the problem you are having is "un-themed GTK". You don't have a desktop suite, so maybe you're like me and you like to keep your system lean and mean. If so, it could be

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-30 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
deloptes wrote: James Stuckey wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:27:26 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Camaleón wrote: http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg Does that look right to you? Mmmm, yes, nothing strange :

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-30 Thread deloptes
James Stuckey wrote: > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:27:26 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: >> >> > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> > >> >> > http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg >> >> > >> >> > Does that look right to you? >> >> >> >

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-30 Thread James Stuckey
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:27:26 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Camaleón wrote: > > > >> > http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg > >> > > >> > Does that look right to you? > >> > >> Mmmm, yes, nothing strange :-?. I

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-30 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:27:26 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Camaleón wrote: > >> > http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg >> > >> > Does that look right to you? >> >> Mmmm, yes, nothing strange :-?. I bit "big" for my taste... >> >> Do you find the font of the toolbar

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-30 Thread James Stuckey
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:05:42 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: > > >> Can you please upload a snapshot so we can see what you get? > >> > >> > > http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg > > > > Does that look right to you? > > Mmmm, yes, nothing strange :-?

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-30 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:05:42 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: >> Can you please upload a snapshot so we can see what you get? >> >> > http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg > > Does that look right to you? Mmmm, yes, nothing strange :-?. I bit "big" for my taste... Do you find the font of the toolbar is

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-30 Thread James Stuckey
> Can you please upload a snapshot so we can see what you get? > > http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg Does that look right to you?

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:20:36 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> Option "DPI" "96 x 96" >> >> Under your /etc/X11/Xorg.conf "Monitor" section? >> >> (make a backup copy of the original file before making any change) >> >> I can't tell if that made

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread James Stuckey
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:06:08 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Camaleón wrote: > > > >> You could try running: > >> > >> xrandr --dpi 96 > >> > >> Or if you have installed nvidia control panel application, IIRC

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:06:08 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Camaleón wrote: > >> You could try running: >> >> xrandr --dpi 96 >> >> Or if you have installed nvidia control panel application, IIRC you can >> also change it from there. >> > xrandr --dpi 96 or --dpi

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread James Stuckey
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:46:31 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: > > >> > I don't use gnome or KDE. > >> > >> And what DE (if any) are you using? :-) > >> > > I'm using wmii > > Uh... and how does one change DPI settings in that :-)? > > You could try r

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:46:31 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: >> > I don't use gnome or KDE. >> >> And what DE (if any) are you using? :-) >> > I'm using wmii Uh... and how does one change DPI settings in that :-)? You could try running: xrandr --dpi 96 Or if you have installed nvidia control panel

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread James Stuckey
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:40:46 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Camaleón wrote: > > > >> That is probably due to a low DPI value. You can change it to whatever > >> value you feel more confortable with. > > > I do

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:40:46 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Camaleón wrote: > >> That is probably due to a low DPI value. You can change it to whatever >> value you feel more confortable with. > I don't use gnome or KDE. And what DE (if any) are you using? :-)

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread James Stuckey
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:27:59 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: > > (...) > > > I don't recall how the config file was made. The resolution I want is > > 1920x1080. Restarting X gave me this resolution. Now my fonts on screen > > (like on the menu bar i

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:27:59 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: (...) > I don't recall how the config file was made. The resolution I want is > 1920x1080. Restarting X gave me this resolution. Now my fonts on screen > (like on the menu bar in iceweasel/icedove, for example) aren't too easy > to read. Th

Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread James Stuckey
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:30:40 -0400 (EDT), James Stuckey wrote: > > Stephen Powell wrote: > >> You didn't provide much information, James. I'm afraid that there's no > >> "one size fits all" answer to that question. It depends on a lot of >