On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 02:34:36AM -0500, Clint Harshaw wrote: > Steven Wheelwright wrote: > > > I am fairly new, but I was under the impression that you should not edit > > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. Rather, you should, as root, do > > > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 > > > > You can choose a `simple,' `medium,' or `advanced' configuration for > > setting the monitor resolution. > > > > This way, the configuration files and your preferences are managed by > > dpkg; when a new version comes, the transition will be easier. > > > > I apologize if I am completely wrong. Even if I am, though, I think it > > is much easier to use the method I mentioned. > > > > Still, I am confused because you should have already gone through the > > configuration of xserver-xfree86 when you installed the system. > > > Yes, you do go through this when installing the system. However, in > *every* installation I've done with the Sarge installer (and even before > the Sarge installer was around), the resolution is *never* anything > beyond 800x600. No matter what I would tell it, it still comes up with > the same 800x600. The edit I proposed is quick and works. Since I have > nvidia video cards, I'm used to quickly editing this file, as are other > users. For instance, see the section labeled "Update your configuration": > > http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/installation.html > > In a similar vein, the fonts for my emacs windows are (on a clean > installation) always too big. The fix that I routinely do to repair this > is switch the order of the 100dpi and 75dpi fonts to be in this order: > > Section "Files" > FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server > # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" <---- > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" <---- > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" <---- > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" <---- > EndSection > > Note how the 75dpi lines appear *before* the 100dpi lines. On a fresh > install, the 100dpi lines appear first, and that makes fonts in my emacs > menus way too big for me. Upon applying this edit, and restarting X, I > find the fonts for my emacs windows to be correctly sized. Perhaps there > is a "Debian way" for handling this, but I don't know what it is, and > have simply used the method described for getting an installation up and > running the way I want it quickly. > > I'm encouraged by the new work in this area that I see with the Etch > installer. On each of the Etch installations I have done with the new > installer, the monitor resolution is correctly configured. The font > resolution issue, however, seems to remain. > > Hope this helps, > Clint > It does help very much. Thank you for the explanation. -- Steven Wheelwright sjwheel@gmail.com It's never not now. PGP Fingerprint: 809E 9E32 907D 7619 2BED 8764 108D F31C 8927 1E3F
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