Everything is too big in 1600x1200

[Kok, Auke]

Chris G wrote:
> I just did a clean install of xubuntu instead of my original ubuntu
> with xfce added on as an afterthought.
> 
> It went more smoothly than my original ubuntu 8.10 installation,
> probably because a few of the rough edges have now been smoothed out.
> 
> However I have a problem, I've set the resolution to 1600x1200 (my
> monitor's native resolution) and everything is much too big.  Default
> fonts are huge and even 8 point is rather large.  What's causing this
> and how do I fix it?  Is it something to do with DPI and, if so, how
> do I fix that?

you can use the user interface settings panel to override monitor dpi settings.

it couls be because your monitor is lying about it's actual size, or because of an
X server bug.

Auke