Login screen text

[ibizatunes]

This is a fresh install of Ubuntu 8.04 on a Compaq, and the login screen seems to be using this giant (like 72 point font or greater) to type the letters/numbers for the user name and the bullets for the password. It works, but you can't see anything you type. It's like you're looking through a mail-slot on your front door trying to read letters that measure 3 feet tall each.

FIX IS BELOW

FYI. The fix of disabling and enabling desktop effects worked for me. I have an Intel Integrated graphics card.

Steps to Fix:
1. Click System>Preferences>Appearance
2. Click Visual Effects tab
3. Select the None radio button
You should see everything return to normal at this point
4. Select the radio button for either of the visual effect settings at this point (if you choose)
Everything should look ok after a few seconds of the system enabling the effects

UPDATE
This only fixed the problem until I restarted, at which point it returned. I have managed to fix it permanently however. This is what I did:
1. sudo gedit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf
2. find the section [server-Standard] in that file
3. You should see a line that says "-command=/usr/bin/X -br -audit 0". Change it to read "-command=/usr/bin/X -br -audit 0 -dpi 96".
4. Save, quit, and restart

You should be good to go now.

Cheers

[ibizatunes (ibizatunes)]

Update to the fix
Posted above the code should look like this "-command=/usr/bin/X -br -audit 0 -dpi 96"

when it should actually have no "-" at the front

command=/usr/bin/X -br -audit 0 -dpi 96

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.