Bug#363359: xserver-xorg: Resolution has changed from 100 dpi, to 75 dpi

2006-04-30 Thread Rob Bochan
On Friday 21 April 2006 10:13, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > Hmm indeed, it's not in /var/cache/apt/archives/xbase-clients_1% > 3a7.0.0-4_powerpc.deb, so how come it's > in /var/lib/dpkg/info/xbase-clients.list here? *shrug* This issue seems to be remedied with the update from Tue, 25 Apr 2006 to xba

Bug#363359: xserver-xorg: Resolution has changed from 100 dpi, to 75 dpi

2006-04-21 Thread Rob Bochan
On Friday 21 April 2006 10:13, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > Hmm indeed, it's not in /var/cache/apt/archives/xbase-clients_1% > 3a7.0.0-4_powerpc.deb, so how come it's > in /var/lib/dpkg/info/xbase-clients.list here? *shrug* You're the guy with the @debian.org email address... you tell me ;o) ...Rob

Bug#363359: xserver-xorg: Resolution has changed from 100 dpi, to 75 dpi

2006-04-21 Thread Aaron M. Ucko
Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hmm indeed, it's not in /var/cache/apt/archives/xbase-clients_1% > 3a7.0.0-4_powerpc.deb, so how come it's > in /var/lib/dpkg/info/xbase-clients.list here? *shrug* Because it used to be a conffile, and nothing automatically cleans up old conffiles. --

Bug#363359: xserver-xorg: Resolution has changed from 100 dpi, to 75 dpi

2006-04-21 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 09:31 -0400, Rob Bochan wrote: > > FYI, when the new Xorg packages came in and I had no X at all, I purged all > the X related packages in an attempt to get X working again - a 'fresh > start', if you will. I would imagine that's why I have no xserverrc, which > would have

Bug#363359: xserver-xorg: Resolution has changed from 100 dpi, to 75 dpi

2006-04-21 Thread Rob Bochan
On Friday 21 April 2006 06:06, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]|11:05:36> dpkg -S /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc > xbase-clients: /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -S /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc dpkg: /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc not found. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]|11:06:54> apt-cache po

Bug#363359: xserver-xorg: Resolution has changed from 100 dpi, to 75 dpi

2006-04-21 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 16:52 -0400, Rob Bochan wrote: > On Thursday 20 April 2006 16:27, you wrote: > > > > If I remember correctly (I hope I do, but I'm not quite sure), the > > file /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc, which startx uses, contained the > > following command in woody and sarge: > > > > exec

Bug#363359: xserver-xorg: Resolution has changed from 100 dpi, to 75 dpi

2006-04-20 Thread Rob Bochan
On Thursday 20 April 2006 16:27, you wrote: > > If I remember correctly (I hope I do, but I'm not quite sure), the > file /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc, which startx uses, contained the > following command in woody and sarge: > > exec /usr/bin/X11/X -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp > > Perhaps this has changed

Bug#363359: xserver-xorg: Resolution has changed from 100 dpi, to 75 dpi

2006-04-20 Thread Riku Saikkonen
(I don't have anything to do with the Debian X packages, I am just a long-time Debian user who happens to follow the debian-x mailing list which receives these bug reports.) Rob Bochan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >However, why am I having to add the dpi switch to the startx command now, >after al

Bug#363359: xserver-xorg: Resolution has changed from 100 dpi, to 75 dpi

2006-04-20 Thread Rob Bochan
On Thursday 20 April 2006 04:18, you wrote: > > Basically, you'd have to compare config and log files from before and > after. > OK, the log files are long gone, but I do have the previous xorg.conf backed up. The only differences in the new config file that I'm seeing are 1) a lack of "GLcore"

Bug#363359: xserver-xorg: Resolution has changed from 100 dpi, to 75 dpi

2006-04-20 Thread Rob Bochan
On Thursday 20 April 2006 13:52, you wrote: > > Have you always started X with startx? If so, then most likely the -dpi > 100 was in some config file that is gone or no longer honoured now. Yep, since I first installed the machine with a Woody base and dist-upgraded to Sid (mid-2003 or so), I've

Bug#363359: xserver-xorg: Resolution has changed from 100 dpi, to 75 dpi

2006-04-20 Thread Michel Dänzer
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 > pro

Bug#363359: xserver-xorg: Resolution has changed from 100 dpi, to 75 dpi

2006-04-19 Thread Rob Bochan
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. > or due to configurat

Bug#363359: xserver-xorg: Resolution has changed from 100 dpi, to 75 dpi

2006-04-19 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 09:09 -0400, Rob Bochan wrote: > On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:26, you wrote: > >X has always defaulted to 75 DPI, in the absence of additional > >configuration or information such as EDID. Please try to find out why > >the effective DPI has changed for you by comparing config and/or

Bug#363359: xserver-xorg: Resolution has changed from 100 dpi, to 75 dpi

2006-04-19 Thread Rob Bochan
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:26, you wrote: >X has always defaulted to 75 DPI, in the absence of additional >configuration or information such as EDID. Please try to find out why >the effective DPI has changed for you by comparing config and/or log >files, etc. > This was not the case before these new p

Bug#363359: xserver-xorg: Resolution has changed from 100 dpi to 75 dpi

2006-04-19 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 13:23 -0400, Rob Bochan wrote: > Package: xserver-xorg > Version: 1:7.0.14 > Severity: normal > > The 7.x xorg transition has intruced using 75 dpi resolution, it was > previously 100 dpi. I'm using KDE, and the fonts are quite small now, which > is rather unpleasant on a 13.

Bug#363359: xserver-xorg: Resolution has changed from 100 dpi to 75 dpi

2006-04-18 Thread Rob Bochan
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 1:7.0.14 Severity: normal The 7.x xorg transition has intruced using 75 dpi resolution, it was previously 100 dpi. I'm using KDE, and the fonts are quite small now, which is rather unpleasant on a 13.5 inch laptop screen (HP Omnibook 6000). -- System Information: D