Problem with KDE in Ubuntu

[Bellegarde Cedric]

On Monday 04 July 2005 17:34, Federico Kereki wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I installed Ubuntu in my kid's PC, with both Gnome and KDE, but had a
> problem with the latter -- fonts were too small (for example, in GIMP or
> the terminal console) and couldn't be read.
>
> After searching for a while, I found that you in KDE you had to run
> gnome-settings-daemon and then your font settings from
> gnome-control-center would work.
>
> To make this an automatic process, you have to set a script at every
> $HOME/.kde/Autostart directory, with:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> gnome-settings-daemon &
>
> Wouldn't it be a better idea if this was done automatically in Ubuntu?
>
> Best regards,
> Federico Kereki
>
> PS. If there's a better place for the command, let me know!
>
> PPS. I also fixed /etc/kde3/kdmrc so ServerArgsLocal would include the
> option -dpi 100 -- this should also be added, shouldn't it?

There is a better solution ;)

apt-get install gtk2-engines-gtk-qt

you run kcontrol -> themes -> gtk styles and fonts

Here is the solution that work with no daemon ;)

Cedric