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 that

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?]

2010-04-30 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 still

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 noela...@gmail.com 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 10:27:26 +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 is still small?

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 noela...@gmail.com 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 bit

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 noela...@gmail.com 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,

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 noela...@gmail.com 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,

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 zlinux...@wowway.comwrote: 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

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. They

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 noela...@gmail.com 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

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 noela...@gmail.com 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

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 noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:40:46 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: That is probably due to a low DPI value. You can change it to whatever value you feel more

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 10:03 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com 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

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 [any other

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 noela...@gmail.com 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 22:20:36 +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 a change or not. In