Bug 470462

Is gnome-settings-daemon running before you start gnome-appearance-properties ?

yes, gnome-settings-daemon was runnig, I install latest fedora9 with all updates a start gnome-appearance-properties and fonts became larger for my session.
I tried reinstall all system and it happens again. 

 

[petr@dhcp-lab-171 ~]$ ps -aux  |grep gnome-setting
Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See /usr/share/doc/procps-3.2.7/FAQ
petr      2875  0.1  0.8 416268 16992 ?        Sl   13:08   0:00 /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon
petr      4749  0.0  0.0  83712   744 pts/0    R+   13:14   0:00 grep gnome-setting
[petr@dhcp-lab-171 ~]$ gnome-appearance-properties

(gnome-appearance-properties:4763): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme directory scalable/animations/small/16x16 of theme oxygen has no size field


(gnome-appearance-properties:4763): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme directory scalable/animations/small/22x22 of theme oxygen has no size field


(gnome-appearance-properties:4763): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme directory scalable/animations/small/16x16 of theme default.kde4 has no size field


(gnome-appearance-properties:4763): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme directory scalable/animations/small/22x22 of theme default.kde4 has no size field

I think the problem is, that appearences are set after running change apperarences application, not at startup of Gnome enviroment.

I found, the bug appears only, if you have connected two monitors as a virtual size desktop. My current size is 2960 x 1050.

This bug exists in Fedora 10 also.  Intel card using default driver, 2048x2048 virtual display and dual monitors configured with xrandr.  If I switch back to a single monitor and then run gnome-appearance-properties again the fonts return to the correct relative size.  I suspect the bug is in how the properties manager calculates the current screen size.  Problem is independent of compiz.

Also, once the correct fonts are restored by switching a single screen and running gnome-appearance-properties, restoring the second monitor with xrandr does not break the fonts again (it is a better work around than logging out and back)

This bug exists on both current F10 w/updates and the latest "rawhide" tree. The correct font size only gets applied upon opening the dialog window for font preferences. Thus, the fonts are not too big afterwards but tey are too small before. Note: this only happens until the preferences are applied for the very first time. At every later session, settings are correct from the beginning. The issue is thus particularly visible when booting from a live CD where the user account is always "fresh". Btw, single monitor setup in my case [21" CRT].

I have seen this on Fedora 10 with a dual head layout.  When you start the appearance app the font size does not change, but the DPI gets turned way up (to 129 in my case).  It seems to only happen the first time you run the app.  I have seen this on a lenovo t60 with two 1280x1024 monitors attached and on a lenovo x300 with one 1680x1050 monitor attached.

According to Ubuntu's Launchpad bug #107320, there are two workarounds:

1 - Setting DisplaySize on Monitor section on xorg.conf.
2 - Disable DDC.

Just adding Launchpad bug for reference, if it helps.

I can confirm this bug, i have it on two machines:

1. Samsung NC10, no ext. Display or so, Font size reduced to 7 (i think pt), Intel GMA950.
(I don't have this device anymore, so don't ask me 'bout it)

2. Thinkpad X60 closed lid in Docking Station with ext. 19" TFT, all font sizes set to 8 (pt or whatever).
Scenario:
- I log in
- I set resolution to fit the ext. screen: "xrandr --output VGA --mode 1280x1024"
- When selecting Appearance from Menu, the font size is exploding.

If you need addional info, please reply.

I really like to see this fixed or a workaround, it's annoying.

A workaround is to set DPI manually into the Gnome font properties.

$ xdpyinfo | grep "dots per inch"
  resolution:    96x88 dots per inch

Use the second number (in my case, 88).

A proper fix is to make Gnome calculate the DPI correctly. :)

Thank you, i re-set the DPI value in gnome and now this hasn't happen anymore.

But i'm experiencing another similar bug: the gnome-settings-daemon crashs randomly directly after login so the fonts aber bigger than they should. Notebook is not in the DockingStation so just internal screen.

Crash log:

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Distribution: Fedora release 10 (Cambridge)
Gnome Release: 2.24.3 2009-01-16 (Red Hat, Inc)
BugBuddy Version: 2.24.2

System: Linux 2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.i686 #1 SMP Mon Feb 23 13:21:22 EST 2009 i686
X Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Vendor Release: 10503000
Selinux: Enforcing
Accessibility: Disabled
GTK+ Theme: Nodoka
Icon Theme: Fedora

Memory status: size: 0 vsize: 0 resident: 0 share: 0 rss: 0 rss_rlim: 0
CPU usage: start_time: 0 rtime: 0 utime: 0 stime: 0 cutime:0 cstime: 0 timeout: 0 it_real_value: 0 frequency: 0



----------- .xsession-errors ---------------------
** (nautilus:2858): WARNING **: Unable to add monitor: Nicht unterstützt
The program 'gnome-settings-daemon' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)'.
  (Details: serial 834 error_code 8 request_code 20 minor_code 0)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
** (gnome-panel:2856): WARNING **: panel-applet-frame.c:1285: failed to load applet OAFIID:TomboyApplet:
(null)
(gnome-panel:2856): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
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