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As is a must to say, I performed a search on the topic, with 0 results.
Debian Sarge running simple blackbox (I love that window manager, do not tell me to leave it).
But VLC (Video Lan Client -wonderful media player-) and amule (wonderful stuff peer-to-peerer :-) ) show an extremely tiny fonts, (maybe less than arial 3 or even 2 points!!!), and I was just wondering if is there a way to fix it (enlarging fonts) or do I have to become blind by constantly leaning my nose to the screen in order to read the menus.....:-) :-)
Any ideas up there? Maybe some configuration file tweaking??
I had the same problem too, but I don't know how I've solved it. I hoped some one would know, but because no one has given a clear answer as of yet......
Somewhere in my XF86Config-4 lies the answer... maybe something rings a bell?
Code:
# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page.
# (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xfree86
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following commands as root:
#
# cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom
# md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 >/var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
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/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection
Section "Module"
# Load "GLcore"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
# Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
# Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Belinea"
Option "DPMS"
DisplaySize 338 267
Modeline "1280x1024" 135.00 1280 1432 1576 1696 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Generic Video Card"
Monitor "Belinea"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection
#Section "DRI"
# Mode 0666
#EndSection
At last!!! One person that has exactly the same problem!!
I'll try the xfonts packages...
Edit:
Here is my font section of my XF86Config-4 file. I haven't tried the xfonts packages yet.
Code:
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/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection
In your config file, you disabled the local font server... Is it a good idea?
Edit:
I've just tried the xfonts packages and it works great now!
It seems like gtk use the locale, and here they are set to fr_FR@euro, which means ISO-8859-15. And the -15 charset is in the transcoded package... Am I right?
Thanks a lot!
You don't need most of the stuff that is in the standard XF86Config-4 file. X will load faster if you comment out all the cruft. What I find most peculiar is that you are obliged to enter the Horizsync and VertSync, while both the free nv and the non-free nvidia driver ignore this and acquire this info from the monitor. Just comment it out. Examining /var/log/Xfree86.0.log tells you what happens during X loading.
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VLC and AMULE tiny fonts....
IIIT WWOOOORKS, YEEAAHHHH!!!!
