* Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-04-30 23:50]: > On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 11:22:27PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... > > I have a debian installation and I use a relatively high resolution > > monitor (1600x1200). It works fine but it is convinced I have 75x75 > > DPI, so everything is *very* small. Real resolution is about > > 110x110 DPI. How can I convince xorg X server to use another > > setting? <...> > In theory a 'DisplaySize' entry in the monitor section of your > xorg.conf file should do it (see xorg.conf(1)) However I tried it > myself a couple of days ago on my Debian Etch system <...> and > couldn't get it to work. <...> > Let me know if you have better luck. If anyone has any idea what might > be going wrong, please let me know.
Hi, Depending on how you start X, you may be starting it with the -dpi option. (my gdm.conf uses: `X -dpi 96') AFAIK, this will override any DisplaySize settings in xorg.conf. - Felix -- Felix C. Stegerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature." -- R. Kulawiec -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]