I'm fairly sure that the fonts are defined in the themes, and may not be global to gdm. I run my own theme on my system, and I'd be glad to shoot you a copy offline to try, and I'll look tonight or tomorrow to see if I can change the font size in my theme. ---- Robert P. Nix internet: nix.robert@xxxxxxxx Mayo Clinic phone: 507-284-0844 RO-CE-8-857 page: 507-270-1182 200 First St. SW Rochester, MN 55905 ---- "Codito, Ergo Sum" "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [SMTP:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of dkrml > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 3:27 PM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: gdm fonts are unreadably small > > I just completed installing Fedora Core 1. When the system comes up > in runlevel 5 the gdm graphical greeter screen is displayed. However, > the fonts displayed (for username/password prompts, etc.) are > extremely small and cannot be read. I logged in as root and ran > gdmconfig and changed the local greeter to the standard greeter and > the fonts are normal and readable. Howeverm the font problem remains > when I change back to the graphical greeter. > > I have tried each of the graphical greeter themes (Bluecurve, > circles, Happy Gnome) but nothing seems to matter. I also tried to > find where the font size is specified in gdm.conf but found nothing. > > My X display is running in 16-bit mode at 1024x768 resolution. I have also > used redhat-config-xfree86 when logged into the X console as root to > change the resolution and bit depth to no avail. When I run redhat- > config-xfree86 from a text window then I am unable to use it because > the fonts are too small. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Keith Rice, CISSP, RHCE > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
