KDE Fonts on HDMI out

[George Galt]

I have an odd problem.  I'm using KDE as my "desktop" for my media
center computer, running Fedora 11 x86_64 and the latest KDE version
(4.3.3?) on an nVidia 9600GT using the nVidia 190.42 driver.  When the
computer is connected to the TV via the D-Sub (standard VGA) out,
everything looks fine, but when it is plugged in through HDMI, the
fonts in KDE are enormous.  Both outputs are set at 1920x1080.  I can
rescale the fonts in KDE (to something like 4pt from the normal 10pt)
to make them look reasonable, but even then, some of the KDE apps are
confused and appear as though they still have huge fonts (and so often
scale off the screen) even though the fonts are small.

Where should I start looking?

George

[Jaroslav Reznik]

On Tuesday 24 November 2009 16:03:29 George Galt wrote:
>  I have an odd problem.  I'm using KDE as my "desktop"
> for my media
>  center computer, running Fedora 11 x86_64 and the latest KDE version
>  (4.3.3?) on an nVidia 9600GT using the nVidia 190.42 driver.  When the
>  computer is connected to the TV via the D-Sub (standard VGA) out,
>  everything looks fine, but when it is plugged in through HDMI, the
>  fonts in KDE are enormous.  Both outputs are set at 1920x1080.  I can
>  rescale the fonts in KDE (to something like 4pt from the normal 10pt)
>  to make them look reasonable, but even then, some of the KDE apps are
>  confused and appear as though they still have huge fonts (and so often
>  scale off the screen) even though the fonts are small.
>  
>  Where should I start looking? 
Try xdpyinfo | grep resolution

Jaroslav

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[George Galt]

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Jaroslav Reznik <jreznik(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  On Tuesday 24 November 2009 16:03:29 George Galt wrote:
> > I have an odd problem.  I'm using KDE as my "desktop" for my media
> > center computer, running Fedora 11 x86_64 and the latest KDE version
> > (4.3.3?) on an nVidia 9600GT using the nVidia 190.42 driver.  When the
> > computer is connected to the TV via the D-Sub (standard VGA) out,
> > everything looks fine, but when it is plugged in through HDMI, the
> > fonts in KDE are enormous.  Both outputs are set at 1920x1080.  I can
> > rescale the fonts in KDE (to something like 4pt from the normal 10pt)
> > to make them look reasonable, but even then, some of the KDE apps are
> > confused and appear as though they still have huge fonts (and so often
> > scale off the screen) even though the fonts are small.
> >
> > Where should I start looking?
>
>  Try xdpyinfo | grep resolution
>
>  Jaroslav
>
> > George
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> > New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
> >
>
>  --
>  Jaroslav Řezník <jreznik(a)redhat.com&gt;
>  Associate Software Engineer - Base Operating Systems Brno
>
>  Office: [phone]
>  Mobile: [phone]
>  Red Hat, Inc.                               http://cz.redhat.com/
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>  fedora-kde(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fedora-kde
>  New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org 
OK, where did this come from??!!!
 xdpyinfo -display :0 | grep resolution returns:
 resolution:    305x305 dots per inch

(note: I'm ssh'ing in, so I had to name the display)

Where can I reset this to something normal like 75x75?

[Jaroslav Reznik]

On Tuesday 24 November 2009 20:00:26 George Galt wrote:
>  On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Jaroslav Reznik
> <jreznik(a)redhat.com&gt;  
wrote:
>  > On Tuesday 24 November 2009 16:03:29 George Galt wrote:
>  >> I have an odd problem.  I'm using KDE as my "desktop" for my
> media
>  >> center computer, running Fedora 11 x86_64 and the latest KDE version
>  >> (4.3.3?) on an nVidia 9600GT using the nVidia 190.42 driver.  When the
>  >> computer is connected to the TV via the D-Sub (standard VGA) out,
>  >> everything looks fine, but when it is plugged in through HDMI, the
>  >> fonts in KDE are enormous.  Both outputs are set at 1920x1080.  I can
>  >> rescale the fonts in KDE (to something like 4pt from the normal 10pt)
>  >> to make them look reasonable, but even then, some of the KDE apps are
>  >> confused and appear as though they still have huge fonts (and so often
>  >> scale off the screen) even though the fonts are small.
>  >>
>  >> Where should I start looking?
>  >
>  > Try xdpyinfo | grep resolution
>  >
>  > Jaroslav
>  >
>  >> George
>  >> _______________________________________________
>  >> fedora-kde mailing list
>  >> fedora-kde(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fedora-kde
>  >> New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
>  >
>  > --
>  > Jaroslav Řezník <jreznik(a)redhat.com&gt;
>  > Associate Software Engineer - Base Operating Systems Brno
>  >
>  > Office: [phone]
>  > Mobile: [phone]
>  > Red Hat, Inc.                               http://cz.redhat.com/
>  > _______________________________________________
>  > fedora-kde mailing list
>  > fedora-kde(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fedora-kde
>  > New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
>  
>  OK, where did this come from??!!!
>   xdpyinfo -display :0 | grep resolution returns:
>   resolution:    305x305 dots per inch 
Autodetection failed?

>  (note: I'm ssh'ing in, so I had to name the display)
>  
>  Where can I reset this to something normal like 75x75? 
System settings, Appearance, Fonts, Force fonts DPI

Jaroslav

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>   
-- 
Jaroslav Řezník <jreznik(a)redhat.com&gt;
Associate Software Engineer - Base Operating Systems Brno

Office: [phone]
Mobile: [phone]
Red Hat, Inc.                               http://cz.redhat.com/

[George Galt]

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 4:50 AM, Jaroslav Reznik <jreznik(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  On Tuesday 24 November 2009 20:00:26 George Galt wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Jaroslav Reznik <jreznik(a)redhat.com&gt;
>  wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 24 November 2009 16:03:29 George Galt wrote:
> > >> I have an odd problem.  I'm using KDE as my "desktop" for my
> media
> > >> center computer, running Fedora 11 x86_64 and the latest KDE version
> > >> (4.3.3?) on an nVidia 9600GT using the nVidia 190.42 driver.  When the
> > >> computer is connected to the TV via the D-Sub (standard VGA) out,
> > >> everything looks fine, but when it is plugged in through HDMI, the
> > >> fonts in KDE are enormous.  Both outputs are set at 1920x1080.  I can
> > >> rescale the fonts in KDE (to something like 4pt from the normal 10pt)
> > >> to make them look reasonable, but even then, some of the KDE apps are
> > >> confused and appear as though they still have huge fonts (and so often
> > >> scale off the screen) even though the fonts are small.
> > >>
> > >> Where should I start looking?
> > >
> > > Try xdpyinfo | grep resolution
> > >
> > > Jaroslav
> > >
> > >> George
> > >> _______________________________________________
> > >> fedora-kde mailing list
> > >> fedora-kde(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> > >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fedora-kde
> > >> New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jaroslav Řezník <jreznik(a)redhat.com&gt;
> > > Associate Software Engineer - Base Operating Systems Brno
> > >
> > > Office: [phone]
> > > Mobile: [phone]
> > > Red Hat, Inc.                               http://cz.redhat.com/
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > fedora-kde mailing list
> > > fedora-kde(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fedora-kde
> > > New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
> >
> > OK, where did this come from??!!!
> >  xdpyinfo -display :0 | grep resolution returns:
> >  resolution:    305x305 dots per inch
>
>  Autodetection failed?
>
> > (note: I'm ssh'ing in, so I had to name the display)
> >
> > Where can I reset this to something normal like 75x75?
>
>  System settings, Appearance, Fonts, Force fonts DPI
>
>  Jaroslav
>
> > _______________________________________________
> > fedora-kde mailing list
> > fedora-kde(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fedora-kde
> > New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
> >
>
>  --
>  Jaroslav Řezník <jreznik(a)redhat.com&gt;
>  Associate Software Engineer - Base Operating Systems Brno
>
>  Office: [phone]
>  Mobile: [phone]
>  Red Hat, Inc.                               http://cz.redhat.com/
>  _______________________________________________
>  fedora-kde mailing list
>  fedora-kde(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fedora-kde
>  New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org 
Thanks.  That works.