On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 14:41 -0400, Rob Bochan wrote: > On Wednesday 19 April 2006 10:07, you wrote: > > > > Again, this must have been either due to the driver obtaining additional > > information, e.g. via EDID, > > I have no idea how to figure that out. If you can tell me, I'd be glad to > provide any additional information that I can.
Basically, you'd have to compare config and log files from before and after. > > Weird, the command line switch should always override anything else. > > Have you confirmed that the switch is actually passed to the X server, > > e.g. using ps? > > ps info from the laptop: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps ax |grep x > 1002 tty1 S+ 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/startx -dpi 100 > 1018 tty1 S+ 0:00 xinit xterm -dpi > 100 -- -auth /home/rbochan/.serverauth.1002 > 1076 ? S 0:00 xfe > > Seems to show it properly, [...] No, this shows *startx* being passed -dpi 100, not the X server. Try startx -- -dpi 100 -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer