[mythtv-users] Monitor issues

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Aug 22 11:23:02 UTC 2018


On 08/22/2018 04:39 AM, Allen Edwards wrote:
> 1) Single monitor on the TV with all the system fonts and icons so 
> small they are unreadable. I mean so small it is completely 
> unreadable.  The MythTV fonts are fine, normal, but the Ubuntu fonts 
> are tiny.

If you want applications that try to use "real" screen size (as reported 
by your TV/monitor) for determining font/window size to instead use a 
font size that's readable from your normal TV watching distance, you 
just have to tell X to use some other screen size/DPI.

https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions#All_my_fonts_look_like_they_are_the_wrong_sizes.2C_how_can_I_correct_this.3F

https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Display_Size

https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Specifying_DPI_for_NVIDIA_Cards

Mike


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