On Monday 19 January 2004 10:09, Zsolt Rizsanyi wrote: > On Monday 19 January 2004 20.46, you wrote: > > It's a bit unfair though, to want the xfree packages to automatically > > configure the dpi when kdm doesn't either. > > I don't understand. You said that kdm should not set the dpi because the X > server autodetects it. In that case I would expect the autodetection to > work correctly.
Actually, it can be autodetected, but some of the X drivers are buggy. By overriding the autodetection, we won't find which drivers are buggy. Here's a message about it from the X list: http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2003/debian-x-200312/msg00387.html > I have a rather large monitor compared to its resolution: 19'' with > 1152x864. Display size is 340 x 270 mm. That is about ~80 dpi. > If I don't set the DisplaySize option in the Monitor section of the > XF86Config the the X server autodetects 101 dpi (if I remember correctly). > > I have the next possible configuration options: > 1.) leave everything as it is set by debian (kdm with -dpi 100 and no > DisplaySize option in XF86Config) > dpi is 100 > 2.) change all the server lines in the /etc/kde3/kdm/Xserver to -dpi 75 > dpi is 75 (much better for my usage) > 3.) remove -dpi settings from /etc/kde3/kdm/Xserver > I end up with dpi 101 which is worse IMHO than 1.) > 4.) remove -dpi from Xserver and set DisplaySize in XF86Config > dpi ~80 > > I currently using 2.) and contemplating if 4.) would be better. > > So I think the first step is to set the DisplaySize in XF86Config. Then at > least startx would work correctly. It sounds like the autodetection for your driver is broken. I think that 4 is the best general solution because users won't be surprised if they switch to xdm, gdm, or startx and all the fonts are suddenly way too big.. > But if just you remove -dpi from the kdm config, you don't get anything > (and it may be even worse). What we gain is that the Debian kde users will be excercising the X autodetection. And in the case where the autodetection works, it's obviously better to not throw that info away in kdm. Frank
