high resolutionn/tiny fonts (was: Why Does 14.04 Hate AMD?)

[Clay Weber]

I  recently upgraded my laptop's screen to one with a higher resolution.

https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?t=66766

This little top on dpi settings helped me, as simply increasing font sizes made things look odd and out of place, while adjusting screen resolution made things less clear, less sharp. It seems that an LCD has a native resolution that it works best with, as compared to the old crt monitors.



Clay WeberOn Nov 8, 2014 4:51 AM, Bill Vance <kbun at xpresso.seaslug.org> wrote:
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> On Fri, 7 Nov 2014, Felix Miata wrote: 
>
> > Bill Vance composed on 2014-11-07 01:28 (UTC-0800): 
> > 
> >> I've got an AMD Sempron 2800+ motherboard, and I'm using the 
> >> built in video.  14.04 Insists on using a screen resolution 
> > 
> > My Sempron 2800+ motherboard does not have onboard video. Presumably, yours 
> > has some sort of NVidia? Which (lspci | grep VGA output)? 
> > 
> >> that requires an electron microscope to read the text. 
> > 
> > Exactly what resolution is it using? With what brand/model/size display? What 
> > does 
> > http://web.archive.org/web/20140806165951/http://fm.no-ip.com/Auth/dpi-screen-window.html 
> > or http://fm.no-ip.com/Auth/dpi-screen-window.html report for DPI and 
> > resolution? What is the output from 'xrdb -query | grep dpi', if any? If 
> > Xft.dpi is set to 96, you need to make it go away, either null, or set to a 
> > value that makes your fonts nice size. 
> > 
> >> Unfortunately, _NOTHING_ in system settings works.  Attempts 
> >> to change the resolution just results in a permanent blank 
> >> screen, even after reboot. 
> > 
> > Which display driver is being used? NVidia proprietary? Nouveau? Other? 
> > 
> > 14.04 uses KDE 4.13.3, which uses KScreen instead of KRandr for manipulating 
> > video settings. KScreen ignores any attempts to obey any /etc/X11/xorg.conf* 
> > settings unless you disable it. I disable it thus via kdedrc: 
> > 
> > [Module-kscreen] 
> > autoload=false 
> > 
> > Once you can get xorg.conf to be obeyed you can not only use it to set 
> > whatever resolution you want, it can also force DPI to a value matching your 
> > screen (via DisplaySize[1]), or higher, which will enlarge everything, 
> > including fonts. 
> > 
> > [1] 
> > http://web.archive.org/web/20140819190325/http://fm.no-ip.com/Share/DisplaySize 
> > or http://fm.no-ip.com/Share/DisplaySize 
> > -- 
> > "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant 
> > words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) 
> > 
> > Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! 
> > 
> > Felix Miata  ***  http://fm.no-ip.com/ 
>
>
> Thanks for the help, Felix.  I'll save your post for the next 
> time I try to install 14.04.  At the moment, I've got 12.04 
> installed, so trying some of the above won't provide anything 
> useful. 
>
> The rest of your questions sound interesting, but I have no 
> idea how/where to find the info.  :-( 
>
> Bill 
>
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