What should I do to fix fonts

[Seemer]

http://w1.490.telia.com/~u49009305/hardtoread.png

Why does it look like this. What should I install to make it look nicer??

I have just completed my installation of gentoo linux. I run the latest gnome and latest mozilla/firebird...

My machine:
Dell Inspiron 500m, 1.4, 256, intel extreme graphics 855GM..

Thanks // Seemer

[Seemer]

hello again. when i looked at the picturn from my oter computer it dosent look bad as all. But when I'm using my my laptop the text i cubic and very ugly...

any ideas

[Icarus]

I was going to say...looks good to me :D

What resolution is the display running at? Too large, too small? I'd bet that it is a physical display problem since the screen shot looks good.

Want to post your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 for us?

[Seemer]

# XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "Files"
# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.

RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
# FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"

# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "se"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
Identifier "DevInputMice"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Dell 1024x768 Laptop Display Panel"
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
VertRefresh 59.0 - 75.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "i810"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "Intel 855"
VideoRam 32768
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

If i change the line Modes to just "Modes "640x480"" nothing changes, same with 800x600...

[teeitup]

Is your complaint that the text in the browser window is too small?

You might want to set the minimum font size under File -> preferences -> appearance ->fonts

Good Luck,

[Seemer]

no all windows and msgboxes are huges...

[Icarus]

Kind of looks like it's using 800x600 for the display, when it should be using 1024x768 per your config

Check the log file /var/log/XFree86.0.log and look for something like "can not initialize something using something"
(The error is from memory, but it should look something like that)

[Seemer]

i can't find that error msg.

But it says that max memory is 832kb... that dosen't sound rigth...

In one section of the log file there is a lot's of modes printed and befor one mode (640x480) it's a "*"... is that the reselution it uses??

You have to excuse my english....

[WiraZ]

try this: http://corefonts.sourceforge.net
and then set minimum font size to 10 or 11 under the preferences in Firebird. This solution worked for me...

[Seemer]

it's working...

It was a bad resolution... i'v fixed it with an 855patch for my video BIOS.