Bug 114381

Summary: Default fonts on iBook are gigantic
Product: [openSUSE] SUSE LINUX 10.0 Reporter: Miguel Duarte <miguelduarte>
Component: SaX2Assignee: Olaf Hering <ohering>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Siegfried Olschner <siegfried.olschner>
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P5 - None    
Version: Beta 3   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PowerPC   
OS: All   
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Found By: Other Services Priority:
Business Priority: Blocker: ---
Marketing QA Status: --- IT Deployment: ---
Attachments: hwinfo output
rpm -qa | sort output
K-Menu
Misc windows
xorg.conf
Xorg.0.log

Description Miguel Duarte 2005-08-31 12:03:07 UTC
The default font definitions on a base KDE instalation are gigantic.
Applications menus, desktop, etc.
Firefox as it more serious because I don't seem to be able to reduce them.
Comment 1 Siegfried Olschner 2005-08-31 13:02:23 UTC
Hm, a problem with the detection of the monitor and it's resolution?  
Olaf, is this your working area or should Marcus do the job? 
Comment 2 Olaf Hering 2005-08-31 13:09:24 UTC
attach the hwinfo output. Use sax2 to adjust the X and Y dimensions of your display.
Comment 3 Miguel Duarte 2005-08-31 13:20:24 UTC
Created attachment 48310 [details]
hwinfo output
Comment 4 Miguel Duarte 2005-08-31 13:22:36 UTC
In sax2, the display was set to 12 inches, I changed it to 12.1 inches.
What are the values for X and Y? Mine are X:246, Y:184.
Comment 5 Olaf Hering 2005-08-31 14:12:44 UTC
X cares only about Displaysize X Y (in /etc/X11/xorg.conf).
I assume that is a fresh install.
Comment 6 Olaf Hering 2005-08-31 14:15:13 UTC
hwinfo finds it:

22: None 00.0: 10000 Monitor
  [Created at monitor.373]
  Unique ID: rdCR.k+eNpIqj+M7
  Hardware Class: monitor
  Model: "Apple Color LCD"
  Vendor: APP "Apple"
  Device: eisa 0x9c1f "Color LCD"
  Size: 25x18 cm
  Resolution: 1024x768@60Hz
  Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Comment 7 Miguel Duarte 2005-08-31 14:23:22 UTC
Yes, it's a fresh install.
After forcing the values to 250x180, fonts are still to big.
Comment 8 Olaf Hering 2005-08-31 21:47:42 UTC
ok, that part of X looks sane. Can you attach a full screenshot to demonstrate
the problem? We have not seen it. ksnapshot can be used, there is likely also a
gnome tool. Attach also the rpm -qa | sort output.
Comment 9 Miguel Duarte 2005-09-01 09:43:32 UTC
Created attachment 48424 [details]
rpm -qa | sort output
Comment 10 Miguel Duarte 2005-09-01 09:44:10 UTC
Created attachment 48425 [details]
K-Menu
Comment 11 Miguel Duarte 2005-09-01 09:44:41 UTC
Created attachment 48426 [details]
Misc windows
Comment 12 Miguel Duarte 2005-09-01 11:17:18 UTC
Also, I see that beta 4 is out.
Should I upgrade to see if this issue is still present, or stick with beta 3 to
help you out?
Comment 13 Olaf Hering 2005-09-01 11:21:06 UTC
I'm currently installing beta3 again on a powerbook.
Can you also attach the /etc/X11/xorg.conf and /var/log/Xorg.0.log before you
update?
beta4 will likely be very slow to download, but an upgrade would certainly not hurt.
Comment 14 Miguel Duarte 2005-09-01 11:47:07 UTC
Created attachment 48441 [details]
xorg.conf
Comment 15 Miguel Duarte 2005-09-01 11:48:04 UTC
Created attachment 48442 [details]
Xorg.0.log
Comment 16 Miguel Duarte 2005-09-01 11:49:42 UTC
I'm downloading the beta 4 torrent right now...
Then I'll have to buy cds... 5 CDs per beta isn't a very good thing.
And I have no idea how to turn the 5 cds into 1 DVD. The HOW-TOs only refer to i386.
Comment 17 Olaf Hering 2005-09-01 21:17:19 UTC
ok, thanks for the logs.
I configured my powerbook g3 the same, and the font size increased because X
does know know the physical dimensions of the display. It can calculate the
'dpi' correctly and render fonts correctly. My KDE clock and desktop icon names
look similar to yours.

I personally dont find they are too huge or "gigantic". Are you able to adjust
the fontsize in the KDE control center?
Comment 18 Miguel Duarte 2005-09-01 23:03:10 UTC
Yes I can.
The problem is that Firefox, for example, doesn't seem to care about me changing
the fonts. I guess it should (qt-engines, or something like that), but the menus
still use the default font size.
Comment 19 Miguel Duarte 2005-09-01 23:04:07 UTC
Oh, and "gigantic" is, maybe, a bit of a exageration. Sorry about that.
Comment 20 Miguel Duarte 2005-09-02 13:47:13 UTC
Ok, I guess I know what is happening.
Defaul SuSE instalation is ok. Font sizes are a little big.
When I choose another theme, like Plastik, for example, fonts change.
Also I lose some icons: SuSE, Firefox, My Computer...
Comment 21 Olaf Hering 2005-09-05 13:36:52 UTC
yes, thats a known bug #113533, do you mean this behaviour?
Comment 22 Olaf Hering 2005-09-15 15:53:48 UTC
so what next here?
Comment 23 Olaf Hering 2005-09-19 08:48:26 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 113533 ***