After checking all the dependencies, I decided to check the ancestry. Specifically, libgtk2.0-0. I ran: apt-get --reinstall install libgtk2.0-0 This has apparently solved the firebird crashing and font sizing issues. However, when running my normal test: GDK_USE_XFT=1 gcalctool The fonts now appear incredibly small. An example screenshot is available here: http://tranzoa.net/~scott/small-fonts.jpeg This struck me as a DPI issue so I opened the GNOME Font preferences, clicked on "Details...", and found my Resolution listed as 50 dpi. This seems small to me; but, I don't really know. I remembered that The Gimp somehow can automatically determine the DPI of your monitor, though it warns the values are not necessarily accurate. I figure it got it from X somehow... scott@tara:~$ [0] xdpyinfo ... screen #0: dimensions: 1600x1200 pixels (301x231 millimeters) resolution: 135x132 dots per inch ... So I set the Resolution in GNOME to 130 dpi. gcalctool appeared larger but not necessarily fixed. I'm now at a stand still. The problem does not appear to be libxft2, so I should reassign the bug. But, I don't know where to. This appears to be either a libgtk2.0-0 package bug or one af the many GNOME packages... I checked if the issue is from my account in particular (maybe a setting didn't migrate properly) and created a new user. Logging into a freshly created user causes the same problem to occur. Furthermore, the problem occurs when running both my user and the new user in Failsafe GNOME from gdm. Any advice on how to proceed would be much appreciated! Scott. -- http://quadhome.com/ - Personal webpage http://tranzoa.net/ - Corporate webpage
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