[mythtv-users] Font Problems - Arrrg!

Cedar McKay cedarmckay at mac.com
Wed Sep 3 16:03:09 EDT 2003


Marius Kjeldahl wrote:

>You might want to check qtconfig out which controls the default font used for 
>MythTV (which is based on Qt). Change the type/size of the standard font 
>there, and things should improve.
>
>On Wednesday 03 September 2003 15:13, Alexander McKinney wrote:
>  
>
>>OK, let me start by saying that I'm a low-level programmer who rarely deals
>>with GUIs.  :)
>>
>>For my Myth box, I recently changed my WM from KDE to ICEWM.  Everything is
>>fine, except that the fonts are not working - they are small in ICE and
>>Myth.  I 'fixed' the ICE ones by specifically stating the fonts in the
>>'preferences' file, but I can't seem to get them to work in Myth.
>>
>>After searching and reading in Myth, ICEWM, and google, I've tried a bunch
>>of things but to no avail.  I thought I was on to something when I tried
>>comparing 'xset -q' between the KDE operation and ICE, but the only
>>differences in the font-path pointed to blank fonts.dir files that were
>>local to the user.  The biggest problem is I don't understand how fonts
>>work, and see to get more confused the more I read...
>>
>>I'm willing to try other WM's - but I would like to know why I'm having
>>problems here in case I see it again.  I currently chose ICE because I'm
>>looking for something really light-weight since this is a Myth-only HTPC
>>box.
>>
>>BTW, I'm running at RC level 3.
>>
>>Help!  Any suggestions or links to read are appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Alexander
>>
>>P.S.  My wife *loves* MythTV and states it has totally changed how she
>>watches TV!  Thanks!
>>    
>>




My font size issues went away when I followed someones (forget who's) 
advice and ran at 100 dpi instead of whatever the default was by doing:

startx -- -dpi 100

If you use kdm or something you will have to adjust its config file, I 
forget where I found it. This on gentoo.

Good luck,
Cedar

 



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