KDE / KDM problem...

From: Christian Caron (christian_m_caron_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/31/04 

Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:41:53 -0500

I had some problem with the font size in some applications and someone
suggested my DPI settings may not be good for Xorg. I then saw I was
using "DisplaySize 1024 768" in xorg.conf, but I guess it was wrong
because it should have been mm and not pixels... I commented out the
line (leaving no "DisplaySize" line) and restarted X.

I saw a great improvement in KDM, but when KDE loads, it stops and
returns back to KDM. Even by putting back the line, it still dies and
goes back to KDM...

I could try Firefox in the failsafe mode and it now displays the menus
with a great font size (when all DisplaSize lines are commented out). I
just need to be able to go back in KDE now...

Section "Monitor"
        #DisplaySize 320 240 # mm
        #DisplaySize 1024 768
        Identifier "Monitor0"
        VendorName "Panasonic"
        ModelName "S17"
        HorizSync 30-69
        VertRefresh 50-160
        Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Someone know how to "reset" KDE / KDM?

Thanks!

Christian

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