help firefox fonts way too big and window not centred
#1
hi,

im running xbmc live installed to hdd on my revo.

everything is working fine accept firefox, which as the title says, fonts are way too big and window is not centred.

i installed launcher via the "install from zip" in dharma
and installed firefox by just doing "sudo apt-get install firefox"
as far as i know i dont have any window mangers installed

ive tried settings dpi to various values in xorg.conf as i read in some other posts but with no joy.

any help in fixing this would be much appreciated

cheers rod...
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#2
If you follow a working guide it should be fine. At least of you run it in fluxbox.
BTW, I think you should use the executer in dharma. It is included in the repository and pre-installed in live.
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#3
Quote:and window is not centred.
DPI will not fix that. I guess you have an overscan problem. I dont know how that is fixed in xorg since I have not had it yet. I have a small issue when testing beta4 but I hope a different driver version will put it back to normal.
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#4
ok cheers il give the fluxbox method a go.

also what do you mean by "use the executer in dharma"?

cheers
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#5
roddyguk Wrote:ok cheers il give the fluxbox method a go.

If you don't want to use a window manager, you can always install the "Autohide" firefox extension. This extension adds a new command line option which allows firefox to be started in fullscreen mode.

Quote:also what do you mean by "use the executer in dharma"?

Executor and Launcher are both plugins to launch external applications.
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#6
cheers Temar, i just figured out what Executor was.
i dont think the autohide extension will fix my problem as it is already fullscreen, its just that everything is way too big (the toolbars take up around 1/3 of the screen!)

i will give vikjon0's fluxbox guide a go in a bit and hope that sorts it
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#7
roddyguk Wrote:cheers Temar, i just figured out what Executor was.
i dont think the autohide extension will fix my problem as it is already fullscreen, its just that everything is way too big (the toolbars take up around 1/3 of the screen!)

i will give vikjon0's fluxbox guide a go in a bit and hope that sorts it

You only have to fix your DPI settings. I don't know about the fluxbox guide, but look out for an explanation how to fix DPI. This will fix your problem with huge fonts and buttons.
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#8
cheers to both of you for the help.

i found an add-on (NoSquint) that resizes websites, so now i can view pages properly.

im using all-in-one sidebar to take up the space lost on the left, now i can see the far left of web pages.

still have massive toolbar but thats not really a problem as i have removed most of it, i only really wanted a browser on my htpc for StumbleUpon anyways

cheers again...
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