Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 20:45:17 -0400 From: Alan E <alane@geeksrus.net> To: FreeBSD XFree86 List <freebsd-xfree86@lists.csociety.org> Cc: FreeBSD Ports List <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ATI 64M Radeon 7000: X's screen resolution (dpi) changed, in a bad way. Message-ID: <20020409004517.GD3504@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> In-Reply-To: <1018212815.297.3.camel@anholt.dyndns.org> References: <1017960128.494.1.camel@mharnois.mdharnois.net> <1017986011.328.313.camel@anholt.dyndns.org> <20020405064956.GA8320@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <1017990665.328.359.camel@anholt.dyndns.org> <20020407045134.GA343@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <1018165133.31187.6.camel@anholt.dyndns.org> <20020407080439.GA61500@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <1018212815.297.3.camel@anholt.dyndns.org>
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On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 02:53:34PM -0600, Eric Anholt wrote: >Even picking a GL screensaver and leaving it might trigger the bug if it >exists for that card. Ran all day while I was at work with no incident. Overall, the Radeon 7000 works great, is faster (subjectively) than the Voodoo5, and I certainly appreciate the reduced power consumption and heat dissipation (two fans and a power connector on the V5 card! yowza!). Only one thing bugs me: When I switched to the Radeon, all my fonts were larger ... much larger. 10pt fonts are large; 12pt is HUGE. With the Voodoo5, X thought it had a 75dpi resolution. Now it thinks it has 95dpi, so the fonts are getting scaled way up. I've got 1280x1024 on a 17in Samsung TFT monitor, so it may really be closer to accurate, but it's a real PITA to use: I can't use the default fonts on any of KDE, 'cause at 12pt I get fonts so large it looks like I'm running accessibility features for visually impaired people, and I lose all my screen real estate. Moved to xf86 list to troubleshoot X screenres/font problem. -- AlanE "I wanna be sedated." -- The Ramones To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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