[Junos]

Hi,

I'm new to this software and recently installed KODIbuuntu 14 onto to my HTPC which has the following specs:

ASUS P5Q Pro Motherboard
Intel Core2Quad Q9650 CPU
NVIDIA GTX620 GPU
8GB GSkill 1066Mhz RAM
Samung 55" LED 1080p 3D Smart TV using HDMI

Everything is work great except when I exit Kodi and go into the Ubuntu login screen and then the desktop the fonts are really small. It looks like the DPI is set wrong. I've tried to mess about with the font sizes but it doesn't seem to work.

When I installed KODI there was an option to install with a different DPI and I've tried both installations and neither seemed to have worked.

Any help would be appreciated!

Steve

[Junos]

Hi, can anyone help with this?

[silgar99]

Same problem here. First time on Ubuntu. How could it be so difficult just increasing the size of GUI? I can't barely read the menu on first start!

[Eddy_ac]

I have the same problem and I solved this way

see your dpi with this:

sudo xdpyinfo | grep -B2 resolution

if is too small change to 96

sudo xrandr --dpi 96

this is not permanent, but if you do this...

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and save this on the file:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
Option "UseEDIDDpi" "False" #override the auto dpi
Option "DPI" "96 x 96" #change this to your liking
EndSection

save and reboot
if you dont have gedit

sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gedit

source:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1990549
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor...ze_and_DPI
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=122721
english is not my mother lenguage I hope you understand

[tcope]

This does not solve the issue at the login screen.
The login screen font size is set by lightdm.
The only solution that worked for me was to change
the lightdm config file.

Code:

ctrl + alt + F1

login with your username and password

open the config file in text editor

Code:

sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

add the following line to the bottom of the file.

Code:

xserver-command=X -dpi 120

then save the file by follow key combinations

Code:

ctrl + o
<enter>

then exit nano using

Code:

ctrl + x

now restart lightdm

Code:

sudo service lightdm restart

the config file information was gleaned from
http://askubuntu.com/questions/197828/ho...screen-dpi

[z06gal]

Hi, can anyone help with this?

This is what I always use:


http://www.techytalk.info/lubuntu-change...ia-driver/

[LaYer3]

tryed what you posted but kodi would hang.

[pioneer00]

This does not solve the issue at the login screen.
The login screen font size is set by lightdm.
The only solution that worked for me was to change
the lightdm config file.

Code:

ctrl + alt + F1

login with your username and password

open the config file in text editor

Code:

sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

add the following line to the bottom of the file.

Code:

xserver-command=X -dpi 120

then save the file by follow key combinations

Code:

ctrl + o
<enter>

then exit nano using

Code:

ctrl + x

now restart lightdm

Code:

sudo service lightdm restart

the config file information was gleaned from
http://askubuntu.com/questions/197828/ho...screen-dpi

Lovely, thanks for this post.

I have only added

Code:

-dpi 140

To first line of my lightdm.conf, it now looks like this:

Code:

xserver-command=/usr/bin/X -bs -nolisten tcp -dpi 140

Now fonts including login screen are larger, might increase 140 to 160 so i dont need my reading glasses while using TV from couch.