[ubuntu-mythtv] xfont size

[Eric Shubert]

On 06/24/2012 06:09 AM, Zoltan Szecsei wrote:
> Hi All,
> I've just completed a fresh install of 12.04, and now that I've made my
> TV the "only" monitor, the xfont size is illegibly small.
> How can I change this?
>
> What I did:
> Install fresh using a 1600x1200 HP monitor, via DVI.
> Took the box home, and plugged it into my LG LED TV using HDMI (same vga
> card), and found that it operated at 1366x768 pixels.
> Reconnected using the DVI to VGA cable and got 1920x1080 - BUT all the
> linux level fonts (eg: in xterm) are too small to read.
>
> I'm guessing the fontsize was set when I installed using the 1600x1200
> led screen, and is not getting updated as I change monitors.
>
> I am using the "closed" nVidia drivers.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Zoltan
>

I would try plugging in the TV with HDMI (which allows the TV to tell 
myth some things about what it can and cannot do audio-wise), then do this:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-linux-how-to-reconfigure-x-windows-system-xorg-server/


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-Eric 'shubes'