Everything is too big in 1600x1200

[Chris G]

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 01:29:31PM -0800, Kok, Auke wrote:
> 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.
> 
Setting the font DPI to 100 seems to have fixed things.

Since my monitor screen is exactly 16" wide and the horizontal
resolution is 1600 I presume that 100dpi is the right setting.

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Chris Green