[SOLVED] unreadably large text at login

[ijmbarr]

I'm a new user of linux, I recently installed Ubuntu 8.04LTS on my laptop. Everything's running well except for the fact that the text at the login page, both in the menu and where I enter my username are so large they're unreadable and take up most of the screen. Once I've logged in the text is the right size.

I've tried the solution here:

linuxforums dot org forum/ubuntu-help/114924-very-large-fonts-title-bars-login.html

[Sorry about the space in the URL but I can't post this unless I break it up as I haven't made 15 posts]

But it hasn't changed anything. Can anyone help?

[ijmbarr]

Anyone got any idea? Am I cursed to forever have large login text?

[elija]

Can you post the output of the requested commands here

Open a terminal and then run these one at a time. Copy and paste the output back here.

sudo lspci | grep VGA
grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf


The other command given doesn't configure displays in later versions of xorg (a brain dead decision if you ask me!) so if your display hasn't been auto detected correctly, we will have to do it manually.

[ijmbarr]

The outputs are:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

Driver "kbd"
Driver "mouse"
Driver "synaptics"


If my display hasn't been auto detected correctly why does everything run fine once logged in?

[devils casper]

Open /etc/gdm/gdm.conf file with root privileges and add -dpi=96 option at the end of -command line.

[server-Standard]
name=Standard server
-command=/usr/bin/X -br -audit 0 -dpi 96

In case it doesn't work, post the contents of gdm.conf file.

[ijmbarr]

That works fine.

Thanks for your help.

[devils casper]

Glad to help you !
Do start a new thread if you have any other question.