On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Samuel Baldwin <recursive.forest@gmail.com> wrote:
2009/10/10 Ray Kohler <ataraxia937@gmail.com>:
Check the DPI of your display (with xdpyinfo). Probably the lack of the external monitor made it come up differently.
I dealt with this by fixing the XFT DPI value to 96, which is what most fonts are designed for, and what most software that cares, expects it to be. This can be done by setting the X property "xft.dpi" to "96".
arrakis^~% xdpyinfo| grep -E 'resol|dimens' dimensions: 1680x1050 pixels (331x210 millimeters) resolution: 129x127 dots per inch
Not good? Where should I set xft.dpi? (Sorry, I haven't twiddled with X much besides xorg.conf and .Xdefaults, is it either of those?)
Yes, put it in .Xdefaults and do whatever you normally do after changing that file. Case matters: Xft.dpi: 96