Huge fonts in KDE makes it unusable

[Carlos Correia]

Huge fonts in KDE (about 10 times bigger) makes Kubuntu 9.10 unusable in a HP Compaq nx 7300 , even when started from the LiveCD. This problem does not happen in Gnome!

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hi carlos-m16e,

Please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn` and `dmesg`, and attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log (and maybe Xorg.0.log.old) file from after reproducing this issue. If you're using a custom /etc/X11/xorg.conf please attach that as well.

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[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Anyway, it's probably just that your dpi settings aren't what you would like them to be. You can use the GUI to set them. Some people like to force them to 96x96.

[Carlos Correia (carlos-m16e)]

It seems that X gets confused by the second video adapter of my latptop which has no monitor connected.

I fixed it by adding '-dpi 96' to 'ServerArgsLocal' argument list.

[Carlos Correia (carlos-m16e)]

I fixed it by adding '-dpi 96' to 'ServerArgsLocal' argument list in '/etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc'.

[Carlos Correia (carlos-m16e)]

One question remains, though: how should I install Kubuntu on this kind of laptop? Should I try the alternate CD?

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.