UI Font Size on Xubuntu?

capidamonte · 06-20-2010, 12:54 AM

I'm running Calibre on Xubuntu 10.04.

Works perfectly, but I need to increase the application font sizes (particularly column entries) -- and these are unaffected by changes in XFCE's settings manager, nor can I find a setting within Calibre itself (am I being blind?)

I believe that because Calibre is a QT4 app, and XFCE only adjusts GTK settings, that that is why there is no effect.

I tried qt3-qtconfig but that didn't work (QT3, I guess).

I tried qt4-qtconfig from this repository, and still no luck.

I restarted Calibre after trying both.

Can anyone suggest a way to do this without installing KDE?

Thanks,

cap

capidamonte · 06-20-2010, 01:30 AM

Whoops. It looks like I had to run it with sudo. For some reason it wasn't installed such that it would ask -- and like a git, I didn't assume it...

So, solution: sudo qt4-qtconfig

cap

EDIT: now I'm not sure -- the configurator is not keeping the changes on restart... Can anyone educate me?

kovidgoyal · 06-21-2010, 01:51 PM

On my system the settings are managed b "qtconfig" and are stored in ~/.config/Trolltech.conf

You should not have to run it as root, in fact doing so is either going to change the settings for root or cause permissions problems in ~/.config

capidamonte · 06-21-2010, 06:29 PM

Guess that's the problem.

I can't install qtconfig for QT4 on my system -- there is a dependency foul-up in Synaptic. It is depending on a precise version of various libraries, but a newer version is going to be installed.

Code:

Depends: libqt4-qt3support but it is not going to be installed
  Depends: libqtcore4 (=4:4.6.2-0ubuntu5) but 4:4.6.3-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
  Depends: libqtgui4 (=4:4.6.2-0ubuntu5) but 4:4.6.3-0ubuntu1 is to be installed

Either I messed it up adding that PPA (since removed), or it's screwed at Ubuntu.

Thanks for the howto,

cap

capidamonte · 06-21-2010, 06:40 PM

Got it!

I'd installed a later version from another repository when I installed SMplayer... Uninstalling it, and reducing my repositories to Ubuntu-managed ones and reinstalling gave me everything correctly.

Again, thanks for the hint,

cap

capidamonte · 06-21-2010, 06:47 PM

EDIT: Yeah, I dorfed the conf file by running with sudo. Every problem after that was do to the file being owned by root.

Just pretend you never read any of this, and I may retain some dignity.

cap

06-20-2010, 12:54 AM	#1
capidamonte Not who you think I am... Posts: 374 Karma: 30283 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Honolulu Device: PocketBook 360 -- Ivory	UI Font Size on Xubuntu? I'm running Calibre on Xubuntu 10.04. Works perfectly, but I need to increase the application font sizes (particularly column entries) -- and these are unaffected by changes in XFCE's settings manager, nor can I find a setting within Calibre itself (am I being blind?) I believe that because Calibre is a QT4 app, and XFCE only adjusts GTK settings, that that is why there is no effect. I tried qt3-qtconfig but that didn't work (QT3, I guess). I tried qt4-qtconfig from this repository, and still no luck. I restarted Calibre after trying both. Can anyone suggest a way to do this without installing KDE? Thanks, cap

06-20-2010, 01:30 AM	#2
capidamonte Not who you think I am... Posts: 374 Karma: 30283 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Honolulu Device: PocketBook 360 -- Ivory	Whoops. It looks like I had to run it with sudo. For some reason it wasn't installed such that it would ask -- and like a git, I didn't assume it... So, solution: sudo qt4-qtconfig cap EDIT: now I'm not sure -- the configurator is not keeping the changes on restart... Can anyone educate me? Last edited by capidamonte; 06-20-2010 at 01:34 AM.

06-21-2010, 06:29 PM	#4
capidamonte Not who you think I am... Posts: 374 Karma: 30283 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Honolulu Device: PocketBook 360 -- Ivory	Guess that's the problem. I can't install qtconfig for QT4 on my system -- there is a dependency foul-up in Synaptic. It is depending on a precise version of various libraries, but a newer version is going to be installed. Code: Depends: libqt4-qt3support but it is not going to be installed Depends: libqtcore4 (=4:4.6.2-0ubuntu5) but 4:4.6.3-0ubuntu1 is to be installed Depends: libqtgui4 (=4:4.6.2-0ubuntu5) but 4:4.6.3-0ubuntu1 is to be installed Either I messed it up adding that PPA (since removed), or it's screwed at Ubuntu. Thanks for the howto, cap

06-21-2010, 06:47 PM	#6
capidamonte Not who you think I am... Posts: 374 Karma: 30283 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Honolulu Device: PocketBook 360 -- Ivory	EDIT: Yeah, I dorfed the conf file by running with sudo. Every problem after that was do to the file being owned by root. Just pretend you never read any of this, and I may retain some dignity. cap Last edited by capidamonte; 06-21-2010 at 06:52 PM.

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06-21-2010, 01:51 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,856 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	On my system the settings are managed b "qtconfig" and are stored in ~/.config/Trolltech.conf You should not have to run it as root, in fact doing so is either going to change the settings for root or cause permissions problems in ~/.config

06-21-2010, 06:40 PM	#5
capidamonte Not who you think I am... Posts: 374 Karma: 30283 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Honolulu Device: PocketBook 360 -- Ivory	Got it! I'd installed a later version from another repository when I installed SMplayer... Uninstalling it, and reducing my repositories to Ubuntu-managed ones and reinstalling gave me everything correctly. Again, thanks for the hint, cap