Everything is tiny and hard to read, but there is no room on the desktop

dlublink · 10-08-2005, 07:41 PM

Hi!

I made the plunge this week because I was fed up with Windows XP. I am now running Suse linux 9.3 and I feel VERY cramped. I don't want to use multiple desktops. When Was on Microsoft Windows, I could get so many windows open in one screen, now I cannot have move than 1. With one the text is too small and blurry and I cannot read anything.

The resolution is the same of that of windows. (My eyesight is still very good).

But everything is big and blurry, windows it was all small clear and crisp.

Any thoughts of why smaller text takes more space?

David

Tinkster · 10-09-2005, 07:49 PM

What's the screen-size, what is the actual resolution you're using?
xdpyinfo | grep dimensions

Cheers,
Tink

dlublink · 10-18-2005, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tinkster
What's the screen-size, what is the actual resolution you're using?
xdpyinfo | grep dimensions

Cheers,
Tink

xdpyinfo | grep dimensions
dimensions: 1280x1024 pixels (322x241 millimeters)

Tinkster · 10-18-2005, 04:43 PM

And your screens size?
15", 17"?

Cheers,
Tink

ciotog · 10-19-2005, 04:08 AM

Would it be possible for you to put screenshots up somewhere (pref .png format) to compare?

dlublink · 10-20-2005, 03:45 PM

Hi!

it's 17 inches.

Since posting the original message I switched from KDE to GNome and the headaches have stopped and it doesn't feel blurry.

But I will post a screenshot tommorow.

David

Tuttle · 10-20-2005, 04:23 PM

hurrah for gnome!

Vgui · 10-20-2005, 07:18 PM

Another option is to set the overall dpi value for X. If you edit startx, there is a serverargs="" line. You can add something like "-dpi 100" to increase the font size. Worked for me at least...