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Today, I’d like to share a tip I found out while working with a beta release for a distirbution of Linux with KDE’s 3.5.7 version.  As many readers of this blog know, I use PCLinuxOS 2007 as my main desktop and have done so since about 2005.  The font configuration in PCLinuxOS is quite nice.  I have a 19 inch LCD Monitor at home with 1280x1024 resolution.  I notice no problems with the font on that monitor.

Working on a separate 20 inch monitor with a distribution in development however is another story.  The fonts didn’t look beautiful at all.  After some installation of custom fonts, things looked better, but the resolution is a bit higher on this LCD at 1400x1050.  Easy to fix right?  Just increase the DPI in the KDE Control Center to 120 right?  Not so fast...even when it’s set to 96x96 there, it isn’t always set to 96x96.  So let’s take a look at how you can force KDE to run at the correct DPI for your monitor which will, in turn, make your fonts look MUCH better.  For those of you who are satisfied with your fonts, you might want to check out the commands below to see if you’re running at the DPI you think you are.

Continue reading "KDE and Xorg, Fonts and DPI"

If you're like me, you change things constantly in your linux desktop. I'm always entering in and tweaking .conf files to see what I can do and where the limits of things might be. In my attempt yesterday to get my EXACT monitor supported in PCLinuxOS, I hosed my xorg.conf file which is where all the Xsession settings (or Xwindows session) are stored (like mouse, keyboard, monitor, and graphics driver settings). Since I hosed this up, my graphical user interface and window manager would not start. So I was dropped to login via the shell. This might be daunting for some new users in Linux so I figured I'd write up this little how-to that would get them back on their feet.

First, don't be intimidated by the shell. It's more powerful than a cmd line in windows and you'll have complete control of your computer from the confines of this awesome tool. Plus, you're about 15-20 seconds away from having your desktop back up and running by executing only a few commands.

In order to fix your xorg.conf file, it's important that we become root...so login as root and let's fix your xorg.conf file in 4 commands.

Continue reading "devnet: PCLinuxOS .93 xorg.conf problem quick fix"

If you're like me, you change things constantly in your linux desktop. I'm always entering in and tweaking .conf files to see what I can do and where the limits of things might be. In my attempt yesterday to get my EXACT monitor supported in PCLinuxOS, I hosed my xorg.conf file which is where all the Xsession settings (or Xwindows session) are stored (like mouse, keyboard, monitor, and graphics driver settings). Since I hosed this up, my graphical user interface and window manager would not start. So I was dropped to login via the shell. This might be daunting for some new users in Linux so I figured I'd write up this little how-to that would get them back on their feet.

First, don't be intimidated by the shell. It's more powerful than a cmd line in windows and you'll have complete control of your computer from the confines of this awesome tool. Plus, you're about 15-20 seconds away from having your desktop back up and running by executing only a few commands.

In order to fix your xorg.conf file, it's important that we become root...so login as root and let's fix your xorg.conf file in 4 commands.

Continue reading "PCLinuxOS .93 xorg.conf problem quick fix"