skype-2.0.0.72,1 font size
Hello, I've changed my FreeBSD desktop to a laptop with a high resolution display (1920x1080) ... now the fonts used by Skype for the window of the contacts, of the config windows ... are too big, IMHO; the fonts in the search window, for example, are fine; see the screen here: http://www.unixarea.de/skype.jpg I don't see how I could change this, any hints? Thanks in advance matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e g...@unixarea.de - w http://www.unixarea.de/ ___ freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-emulation-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: skype-2.0.0.72,1 font size
Hello Matthias, Matthias Apitz g...@unixarea.de wrote: I've changed my FreeBSD desktop to a laptop with a high resolution display (1920x1080) ... now the fonts used by Skype for the window of the contacts, of the config windows ... are too big, IMHO; the fonts in the search window, for example, are fine; see the screen here: http://www.unixarea.de/skype.jpg I don't see how I could change this, any hints? Thanks in advance It might be related to the X server's DPI value. Is it configured correctly? When it is wrong, the fonts can be too big or too small. Some applications respect the DPI value, and some don't, so the problem is not obvious in all applications. You can view the current value with xdpyinfo: $ xdpyinfo | grep dots resolution: 100x100 dots per inch There are several ways to configure it. In your xorg.conf file, you can add a DisplaySize line to the Monitor section: Section Monitor ... DisplaySize 477 268# values are in mm EndSection The X server will then calculate the DPI value for that display device. Another way is to run the X server with the -dpi option (e.g. -dpi 100). I'm using xdm(1) to start my X server, so I've added the -dpi option to the local display line in /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers: :0 local /usr/local/bin/X :0 -config xorg.conf -a 1 -dpi 100 dpms If you use a different way to start the X server, then you need to add it to the appropriate configuration file. Hope that helps. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd I invented Ctrl-Alt-Delete, but Bill Gates made it famous. -- David Bradley, original IBM PC design team ___ freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-emulation-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: skype-2.0.0.72,1 font size
El dÃa Friday, January 21, 2011 a las 12:54:04PM +0100, Oliver Fromme escribió: Hello Matthias, Matthias Apitz g...@unixarea.de wrote: I've changed my FreeBSD desktop to a laptop with a high resolution display (1920x1080) ... now the fonts used by Skype for the window of the contacts, of the config windows ... are too big, IMHO; the fonts in the search window, for example, are fine; see the screen here: http://www.unixarea.de/skype.jpg I don't see how I could change this, any hints? Thanks in advance It might be related to the X server's DPI value. Is it configured correctly? When it is wrong, the fonts can be too big or too small. Some applications respect the DPI value, and some don't, so the problem is not obvious in all applications. You can view the current value with xdpyinfo: $ xdpyinfo | grep dots resolution: 100x100 dots per inch It is a xorg.conf in a VMWare virtual machine and it shows: $ xdpyinfo | grep dots resolution:230x173 dots per inch Sould it be adjusted to 100x100? Thanks for your hint matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e g...@unixarea.de - w http://www.unixarea.de/ ___ freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-emulation-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: kern/153990: [hyper-v]: Will not install into Hyper-V on Server 2008 R2
Old Synopsis: Will not install into Hyper-V on Server 2008 R2 New Synopsis: [hyper-v]: Will not install into Hyper-V on Server 2008 R2 Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-i386-freebsd-emulation Responsible-Changed-By: remko Responsible-Changed-When: Fri Jan 21 15:38:09 UTC 2011 Responsible-Changed-Why: Reassign to emulation team, this is something virtual-ish http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=153990 ___ freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-emulation-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: skype-2.0.0.72,1 font size
On 1/21/2011 5:50 AM, Oliver Fromme wrote: Matthias Apitzg...@unixarea.de wrote: It is a xorg.conf in a VMWare virtual machine and it shows: $ xdpyinfo | grep dots resolution:230x173 dots per inch Sould it be adjusted to 100x100? Thanks for your hint Yes, unless your display is 21.2 x 15.9 cm (at 1920 x 1080 pixels), which seems unlikely. :-) When the dpi value is incorrect, i.e. too high, then some applications will think that your screen is much smaller than it really is, so they adjust the sizes of fonts and icons to be bigger. This is exactly the symptom that you are seeing. For a quick check, restart your X server with the option -dpi 100 (or modify your xorg.conf appropriately) and verify the font sizes in your applications. If it's better, then just keep it that way. 100 dpi should be correct for a screen that is ~ 22 inch. One or two inches more or less won't hurt either. If it's less than 20 inch, you can also try 110 or 120 dpi. If you're a perfectionist, you can calculate the exact dpi value for your screen: Divide the number of pixels per row (horizontally) by the width of the screen in inch (remember: inch = cm / 2.54). For example, my screen here (also 1920 x 1080) is 47.7 cm wide, which is 18.78 inch. Thus: 1920 / 18.78 = 102 dpi. I have rounded it to 100 dpi. You can also enter the width (in mm) directly in xorg.conf (see my previous reply in this thread), so the X server will calculate the dpi value itself. Personally I prefer the dpi value to be a round number, so I specify it on the X command line directly. In many (most?) cases, when using digital connections such as HDMI, the X server detects the correct display size automatically, so there is no need to modify the dpi value manually. However, since you're running inside a VMWare virtual machine, I guess that this autodetection doesn't work through the virtualization layer. This problem is also common with many KVM switches as they are not 2-way on the video port and will not pass the DPMS info back to the video card from the monitor. The screen works fine if the monitor is plugged directly into the video port but not when it's on the KVM - unless you manually configure everything in the x config file. Ted Best regards Oliver ___ freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-emulation-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
