[Bug 429102] Re: [i945GM] display garbled only with Kubuntu Karmic

[André Pirard]

Another description and Title update.

Problem is a font size. Title updated.
Problem appears in GDM too and in all 8.04-9.10 releases.

The problem appears to be yet another huge font size problem.
Problem appears in GDM too and in all 8.04-9.10 releases.
Gnome itself escapes the problem.
KDE and GDM : Either edges (borders) of the characters appear in windows and boxes, or the latters adapt their sizes to the font, causing white screens in which you do mad scrolling of lines taking 1/4 of screen heigth or so.

I read though a number of similar bug reports without finding a close match.
This solved the GDM case, however:
# /etc/gdm/gdm.conf
[server-Standard]
name=Standard server
command=/usr/bin/X -br -audit 0 -dpi 96

To my understanding, these are correct for Gnome in our installed 9.04:
(II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 338 x 211
$ xdpyinfo | grep dots
  resolution:    96x96 dots per inch
System > Preferences > Appearance > Fonts > Details... is 96 dpi already.

But this seems incorrect in the attached, KDE Xorg.0.log:
(II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 289 x 21

Is the X server not the same for Gnome and KDE???

As the bugs I read refrain from being a duplicate of one another, I did the same.
Especially making it a duplicate of Bug #151311 !!!

What is the official workaround for this class of problems?


** Description changed:

  Using 09.10 alpha 6 LiveCD on a Medion MD 97900.
  Display makes 2 entries in lspci :
  Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
- Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics 
+ Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics
  
  After Kubuntu started to initialize normally, the desktop shows two otherwise blank windows and a taskbar "overlayed" with fragments of extra huge characters.  If some clicking is made to start something, the desktop changes to thin stripes.  The system finally dies, not responding to any click.
  Ctrl-Alt-F2 and I extracted the attached logs.
  
  Strangely enough, there seems to be no problem with Ubuntu (Gnome)
  LiveCD.
  
  Update :
  Please note that this laptop isn't mine and that I'll be away on october 3rd for 15 days.
  
  When Kubuntu-desktop is installed on top of (G)Ubuntu, the said problem occurs not only while a KDE session runs but as soon as the Display Manager starts (which the kid blindly worked through anyway).
  This is probably because KDE stomps on Gnome instead of gently sitting next.
  
+ Update #2:
+ 
+ Problem is a font size. Title updated.
+ Problem appears in GDM too and in all 8.04-9.10 releases.
+ 
  Side story :
  As there is an apparently 2 years-old problem with iwl3945 not enabling the WiFi controller when the button is pressed, preventing any use of the WiFi, and not counting the issues in more entries for iwl3945 ...
  
  ... the kid I'm striving to help, or try to, wants to use Windows, or Suse if the WiFi's fixed.
  Update:
  This WiFi problem was worked around with a BIOS WiFi always-on setting, but that's obviously not the correct solution and someone should care about getting that button problem fixed.
  I'm afraid you made at least one more KDE deserter )-:  :-)

** Summary changed:

- [i945GM] display garbled only with Kubuntu Karmic
+ [i945GM] Huge font size in KDE and GDM. Makes KDE unusable 8.04-9.10.

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[i945GM] Huge font size in KDE and GDM. Makes KDE unusable 8.04-9.10.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/429102
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