Login Problem

[brad.mugleston at comcast.net]

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Rick Stevens wrote:

> 
> After installing XFree86 4.4.0 on my FC1 AMD64 beastie from source, I
> have a better feel for how the X system (and Gnome) starts up, Brad.
> 
> There's a couple of files that may be causing this.  They are:
> 
> 	/etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf
> 	/etc/X11/gdm/Init/Default
> 	/etc/X11/gdm/Init/:0 (a symlink to /etc/X11/xdm/XSetup_0)
> 	/etc/X11/xdm/XSetup_0
> 	/etc/X11/Xresources
> 
> It's most likely the last one.  It should read:
> ------------------------------- CUT HERE ------------------------------
> ! This is the global resources file that is loaded when
> ! all users log in, as well as for the login screen
>  
> 
> ! Fix the Xft dpi to 96; this prevents tiny fonts
> ! or HUGE fonts depending on the screen size.
> Xft.dpi: 96
>  
> 
> ! hintstyle: medium means that (for Postscript fonts) we
> ! position the stems for maximum constrast and consistency
> ! but don't force the stems to integral widths. hintnone,
> ! hintslight, and hintfull are the other possibilities.
> Xft.hintstyle: hintmedium
> Xft.hinting: true
> ------------------------------- CUT HERE ------------------------------
> 
> You may need to recover these from a backup or you can reinstall the
> xinitrc, gdm, or gnome-session RPMs via the "rpm -Uvh --force" command.
> 
> I hope that helps.

Thanks, I looked at these files - and the last one was exactly 
like you said it should be.  I changed the 96 to 48, saved it and 
rebooted.  No change in the login.

I guess I'll play some more.

Thanks for all the help.

Brad