Bug#227217: mini-howto for the dpi/displaysize setting

2004-01-14 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 09:53:02PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include > * Branden Robinson [Tue, Jan 13 2004, 12:11:21PM]: > > > > As promised on IRC, here is my addition to the X FAQ which describes the > > > problem and the steps to configure X to have correct DPI value. > > > > Great, than

Bug#227217: mini-howto for the dpi/displaysize setting

2004-01-14 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 07:28:53PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 02:32, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > > > +The dot resolution setting is handled by the X server internally. > > +Unfortunately, there is no good way to auto-detect the monitor size > > +so you should configure it by

Bug#227217: mini-howto for the dpi/displaysize setting

2004-01-13 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Michel Dänzer [Tue, Jan 13 2004, 07:28:53PM]: > > +The dot resolution setting is handled by the X server internally. > > +Unfortunately, there is no good way to auto-detect the monitor size > > +so you should configure it by hand. > > Not true, the display size is in the EDID block.

Bug#227217: mini-howto for the dpi/displaysize setting

2004-01-13 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Branden Robinson [Tue, Jan 13 2004, 12:11:21PM]: > > As promised on IRC, here is my addition to the X FAQ which describes the > > problem and the steps to configure X to have correct DPI value. > > Great, thank you! I have adapted it, added the paths to the gdm and wdm > config files

Bug#227217: mini-howto for the dpi/displaysize setting

2004-01-13 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 20:50, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include > * Michel Dänzer [Tue, Jan 13 2004, 07:28:53PM]: > > > > +The dot resolution setting is handled by the X server internally. > > > +Unfortunately, there is no good way to auto-detect the monitor size > > > +so you should configure it by

Bug#227217: mini-howto for the dpi/displaysize setting

2004-01-13 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 02:32, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > +The dot resolution setting is handled by the X server internally. > +Unfortunately, there is no good way to auto-detect the monitor size > +so you should configure it by hand. Not true, the display size is in the EDID block. -- Earthling M

Bug#227217: mini-howto for the dpi/displaysize setting

2004-01-13 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 02:32:30AM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > Package: xfree86-common > Version: 4.3.0-0pre1v4 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: experimental > > As promised on IRC, here is my addition to the X FAQ which describes the > problem and the steps to configure X to have correct DPI value.

Bug#227217: mini-howto for the dpi/displaysize setting

2004-01-13 Thread Eduard Bloch
Package: xfree86-common Version: 4.3.0-0pre1v4 Severity: wishlist Tags: experimental As promised on IRC, here is my addition to the X FAQ which describes the problem and the steps to configure X to have correct DPI value. Another wish from me is: please create some symlinks in the doc directories