fixed Really tiny fonts problem

Hi there, i've been a happy archlinux user for quite some time but recently I have developed a problem that I can't find a solution to.
A few weeks ago I got myself a samsung HDTV to use as a monitor and now the fonts in my system behave really strangely. In gnome everything is fine, but GDM, FVWM-Crystal and XFCE4 have really, really tiny fonts. The fonts are so small that I can't even read them.
Can anyone suggest a fix? I tried "startx --dpi 100" but nothing changed.....
Thanks in advance!
Last edited by scissors (2007-08-04 18:43:34)

I am not a fonts guru but would this help http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … Size.2FDPI

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