[juneau-lug] Re: Change to Debian solved
- From: Larry Hurlock <larrynorte@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 01:22:04 -0700 (PDT)
Kevin,
I stuck with Gnome. Started with Ubuntu KDE, but my next installation was
Gnome and I haven't gone back in subsequent installations.
Debian runs like a bat out of hell on this machine. Scrolling is terrific. In
fact, it looks/acts like the Knoppix which is my "alternate computer [f12]" on
a flash drive. That is to say, the fonts are a very thin *serif* font. I do
miss the font look of Ubuntu, but wont' go back because of speed issues. But
why are the fonts looking so limited and often small to me? The browser, where
90% of my reading is done, is set to web page default. The CTRL-+ key combo
has become an internalized motor reflex.
Just discovered the "log file viewer" so I'll pass on some snippets that might
relate to fonts and display.
Xorg.0.log:
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
built-ins
...
[and as for my monitor, it is known to system correctly as a Viewsonic
1440X900, but what is implied by it not being on the "Supported established
list?"
(II) NOUVEAU(0): Supported established timings:
(II) NOUVEAU(0): 720x400@70Hz
(II) NOUVEAU(0): 640x480@60Hz
(II) NOUVEAU(0): 640x480@67Hz
(II) NOUVEAU(0): 640x480@72Hz
(II) NOUVEAU(0): 640x480@75Hz
(II) NOUVEAU(0): 800x600@56Hz
(II) NOUVEAU(0): 800x600@60Hz
(II) NOUVEAU(0): 800x600@72Hz
(II) NOUVEAU(0): 800x600@75Hz
(II) NOUVEAU(0): 832x624@75Hz
(II) NOUVEAU(0): 1024x768@60Hz
(II) NOUVEAU(0): 1024x768@70Hz
(II) NOUVEAU(0): 1024x768@75Hz
(II) NOUVEAU(0): 1280x1024@75Hz
(II) NOUVEAU(0): 1152x864@75Hz
(II) NOUVEAU(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
(II) NOUVEAU(0): Supported standard timings:
(II) NOUVEAU(0): #0: hsize: 1440 vsize 900 refresh: 60 vid: 149
(II) NOUVEAU(0): #1: hsize: 1440 vsize 900 refresh: 75 vid: 3989
(II) NOUVEAU(0): #2: hsize: 1400 vsize 1050 refresh: 60 vid: 16528
(II) NOUVEAU(0): #3: hsize: 1400 vsize 1050 refresh: 75 vid: 20368
(II) NOUVEAU(0): #4: hsize: 1280 vsize 1024 refresh: 60 vid: 32897
(II) NOUVEAU(0): #5: hsize: 1280 vsize 960 refresh: 60 vid: 16513
(II) NOUVEAU(0): #6: hsize: 1152 vsize 864 refresh: 75 vid: 20337
(II) NOUVEAU(0): #7: hsize: 640 vsize 400 refresh: 70 vid: 2609
fontconfig.log:
/usr/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 3 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/X11: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 6 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1: caching, new cache contents: 9 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings/large: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0
dirs
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/X11/util: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 7 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont: caching, new cache contents: 12 fonts, 0
dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0
dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu: caching, new cache contents: 21 fonts, 0
dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-liberation: caching, new cache contents: 12
fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-lyx: caching, new cache contents: 9 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-sil-gentium: caching, new cache contents: 4
fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-sil-gentium-basic: caching, new cache contents: 8
fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/type1: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 2 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts: caching, new cache contents: 35 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/type1/mathml: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts: skipping, no such directory
/usr/local/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/.fonts: skipping, no such directory
--- On Tue, 5/10/11, Kevin Miller <atftb2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Kevin Miller <atftb2@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [juneau-lug] Re: Change to Debian solved
To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 8:22 AM
On 05/10/2011 02:53 AM, Larry Hurlock wrote:
> Fellas, thanks to insomnia brought about by refusal to quit, the CUPS
> id problem got solved. By using "root" as my username on their form
> and providing my root/superuser password, I sneaked on to CUPS and
> was able to load my favorite driver so I now have a printer. "root"
> as a username, who knew? Sorry for the bother.
Glad you got it sorted Larry. In ubuntu, the root account is more or
less disabled. You can easily go into it by doing 'sudo su root' and
then setting a password. Some religions mandate that one never log in
as root. Mortal sin. Only use sudo. Others are more understanding.
Debian is one of the latter. The root account is just another account,
which just happens to be able to do about anything on a system.
When I manage my Debian system (or the openSUSE system at home) I just
open a terminal and do 'su -', enter the root password, and then do
whatever system stuff needs to be done. I find it much handier than
sudo in most cases.
Did you go w/gnome or KDE?
...Kevin
--
Kevin Miller
Juneau, Alaska
http://www.alaska.net/~atftb
"In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car."
- Lawrence Summers
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