On Monday 19 January 2004 20.46, you wrote: > Did you intentionally send this off-list? I was hoping to have the > discussion on-list.
No. I sent it in private by mistake. Sorry > 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. 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. But if just you remove -dpi from the kdm config, you don't get anything (and it may be even worse). > On Sunday 18 January 2004 10:49, you wrote: > > On Sunday 18 January 2004 01.24, Frank Murphy wrote: > > > On Saturday 17 January 2004 10:15, Dominique Devriese wrote: > > > > Frank Murphy writes: > > > > > I recently noticed that kdm for Debian sets the Xserver dpi to 100 > > > > > with its -dpi 100 switch. I know that all the old de-uglification > > > > > docs recommended this to deal with Netscape's handling of bitmap > > > > > fonts on X. But now that X has better support for truetype fonts > > > > > (plus the free Bitstream Vera fonts), should this be removed? > > > > > Anyone who still wants it could exit the /etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers > > > > > file, or better yet, the XF86Config file. > > > > > > > > Any reason why we wouldn't want to have it ? > > > > > > Well, XFree86 automatically detects the proper dpi. Overriding it with > > > kdm just adds another layer of configuration, which is unnecessary > > > complication. > > > > Yes that's true. > > But AFAIK the XFree86 in debian (at least the one in sarge) cannot > > correctly detect the dpi since the DisplaySize option is not set > > (dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 does not set it). > > Maybe that also should be fixed. > > > > Regards > > Zsolt