On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 04:52:29AM -0800, David Liontooth wrote: > Package: xbase-clients > Version: 4.3.0-0pre1v5 > Severity: normal > > When I start X11 using a simple startx, I get the right size fonts, corresponding to > what is defined in Fonts in the KDE control center, or in Mozilla's defaults. > > When I start X11 using startx -- :0, I get fonts that are about 6 steps too large. So > to get the fonts to look right, I have to decrease the font size in the KDE Control > Center from, say, 12 to 6. > > GUI fonts in all applications are too large -- the splash screen, mozilla, KDE. > > It doesn't matter which x-server number you tell startx to start. For instance, > startx -- :3 does the same. User also doesn't matter. When you pass arguments to the X server via startx, you are overriding the default arguments sent to the X server by xinitrc. The startx(1x) and xinit(1x) manpages have more on this. Try these two command lines: startx -- :0 -dpi 75 startx -- :0 -dpi 100 Which looks more correct? -- G. Branden Robinson | The power of accurate observation Debian GNU/Linux | is frequently called cynicism by branden@debian.org | those who don't have it. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- George Bernard Shaw
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