Re: Really strange resolution problems on xorg with a laptop

2009-01-30 Thread Jin Guojun[VFF]
Has this problem been resolved? I have the same problem for a similar laptop (HP Pavilion dv5120us). The X Server 1.4.0 (FreeBSD 6.3-R) works fine, but 1.4.2 (From both 6.4 and 7.1) produce this problem. My screen is 13.25 inch x 8.25 inch in resolution 1280x800. The DPI shown in Xorg.0.log is

Re: Really strange resolution problems on xorg with a laptop

2008-12-25 Thread Jeff Laine
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 04:22:40PM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > Polytropon wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:16:49 -0500, "Aryeh M. Friedman" > > wrote: > > > >> I have a HP Pavilion dv5000 and any "standard" xorg app like xterm or > >> anything else that comes with xorg seems to work fin

Re: Really strange resolution problems on xorg with a laptop

2008-12-24 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:22:40 -0500, "Aryeh M. Friedman" wrote: > Polytropon wrote: > > Check the DPI settings from your monitor and if they match the > > settings in xorg.conf. Some programs calculate font sizes > > according to these values. > > > How do I check that... Eventually there's a

Re: Really strange resolution problems on xorg with a laptop

2008-12-24 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:16:49 -0500, "Aryeh M. Friedman" > wrote: > >> I have a HP Pavilion dv5000 and any "standard" xorg app like xterm or >> anything else that comes with xorg seems to work fine but every other X >> application has either HUGE (one character fills the who

Re: Really strange resolution problems on xorg with a laptop

2008-12-24 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:16:49 -0500, "Aryeh M. Friedman" wrote: > I have a HP Pavilion dv5000 and any "standard" xorg app like xterm or > anything else that comes with xorg seems to work fine but every other X > application has either HUGE (one character fills the whole screen) fonts > and/or othe

Really strange resolution problems on xorg with a laptop

2008-12-24 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
I have a HP Pavilion dv5000 and any "standard" xorg app like xterm or anything else that comes with xorg seems to work fine but every other X application has either HUGE (one character fills the whole screen) fonts and/or other weirdness (it could be fonts but who knows) I just did a complete r