[mythtv-users] 14.04 clean

[blind Pete]

On Sun, 3 Aug 2014 19:19:16 -0400
Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hoi Daryl,
> >
> > Sunday, August 3, 2014, 9:20:43 PM, you wrote:
> >
> > > I have avoided the loop by using a clean install of Mythbuntu
> > > 14.04, but I cant read any of the print on the screen after I
> > > close the FE. What can I do to increase the font size?
> > > Daryl
> >
> > > On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 12:30 PM, airdrummer
> > > <air_drummer at verizon.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Thomas Boehm wrote:
> >  >> And why do you want to give the user mythtv all rights on ALL
> > databases?
> > >
> > >
> > > macht nichts if it's the only d/b, & it's a standalone that will
> > > never
> > be used
> > >  for anything else...
> > >
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> >
> > Normally this is calculated from the EDID information from your
> > monitor. If it is not on when you boot or the EDID info from your
> > monitor is corrupt that doesn't work.
> > If you add "DisplaySize <hsize> <vsize>" in your monitor section in
> > xorg.conf, where <hsize> and <vsize> are your displaysize in mm,
> > those values are used to calculate the dotpitch, which is the basis
> > for calculating the normal font size.
> >
> > Tot mails,
> >   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
> >
> > "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
> > Zonder leven is er geen hoop
> > Het eeuwige dilemma
> > Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
> >
> > De lerende Mens
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> 
> The monitor is a 42" 

42" isn't big enough for you?  

> 720p TV connected via HDMI to the myth box, and
> it was on at the time of the install from live CD. The mythtv FE
> screen is perfect, after exiting the FE I opened a terminal (found it
> by trial and error) typing a command in is no problem but reading any
> out put is impossible because the font is about two pixels tall. 

Oh, different problem.  

> I
> don't know how I could correct anything if I can't read it in the
> first place. Any suggestions?   Daryl

Something somewhere has "corrected" the size - in the wrong direction.  
There are an alarming number of places to check.  

Is it just one thing with tiny type, or is it lots of things?  
Which things?  

Many applications; browsers, terminals, and the like, will 
increase the font size with <control><shift><plus>, but it 
varies.  

Can you get a legible command line with either a terminal 
emulator or a virtual terminal?  <control><alt><F1> to switch 
and <contol><alt><F7> to switch back.  Try a SMALLER monitor.  
If you can do that, then there are lots of things to play with.  

What sort of video card do you have?   Which driver are you 
using?  

-- 
testing
bP