[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2018-12-19 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: xorg-server Status: Confirmed => Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/589485 Title: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 9

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2017-08-30 Thread Václav Šmilauer
There is some progress upstream: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41115 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/589485 Title: Ignores physical display size and

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2017-07-05 Thread Ztirfe Elgnid
Hi. This bug^H^H^H"feature" is now over nine years old. As much as I'd like to see a proper solution, I think it would really be best at this point to at *least* add the patch given while we wait for that to happen. Pretty please? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2016-04-27 Thread Pander
** Tags removed: 16.04 ** Tags added: yakkety -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/589485 Title: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI Status in X

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2016-02-23 Thread Berte
Hi All, I'm jumping in this thread because I think this 'bug' is the source of many scaling issues. I'm the owner of a 13" laptop with a 3200x1800 native resolution. As recommended elsewhere, I set the scale factor to 2 and most applications are readable now. However, readable is does not mean co

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2016-02-05 Thread Sergio Callegari
Yes. As mentioned it is a single patch to apply, that has been available since the very first day the bug was reported, actually 8 years ago (I was wrong when I said 6). Incidentally, I was the second reporter of this issue, with Bug #572943, the second lowest numbered duplicate, one month before t

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2016-02-05 Thread Václav Šmilauer
There is 62 people who think this bug *is* important. It is a problem mainly with displays of which DPI is far from 96x96, such as more and more common HiDPI. Let's not turn it into discussion forum on Linux vs. Windows, or ideal state of Linux. We simply want Xorg to respect the DPI reported by E

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2016-02-05 Thread Sergio Callegari
Thanks for your observations. In fact, in my comments there were multiple points. One of them is different DPI for different screens. As you mention, this cannot be more than a wish for now, as Linux is very badly lagging wrt windows that has been enjoying per-display DPI settings for more than 2

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2016-02-05 Thread Václav Šmilauer
@Sergio, sorry but your comments are OT. Different resolutions for different screens are not supported on the toolkit level; a window can be on both screens at once and such, and it is beyond the scope of this bug. Viewing distance again has nothing to do with this bug; DPI does not depend on the v

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2016-01-20 Thread Pander
** Tags added: 16.04 xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/589485 Title: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI Status in X.Org X server: C

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2015-04-03 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: xorg-server Importance: Wishlist => High ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #89820 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89820 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. h

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2014-11-03 Thread toothbrush
Argh. I am yet another hapless user clamouring for help. My hardware: Apple MacBook 13" Retina, DPI of 227. X.Org's infinite wisdom: DPI of 96. My eyes are now broken, and i find myself tweaking individual apps in the hope that they'll become usable. Inevitably, proportions become crooked. Pleas

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2014-10-05 Thread Sergio Callegari
I would also add that in the case of multiple screens with different features (e.g. laptop screen + desktop monitor), it would be great to have different dpi values and apps notified of the dpi change when they are moved from one screen to another. -- You received this bug notification because yo

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2014-10-05 Thread Sergio Callegari
A couple more notes. IMHO, the biggest issues with the current situation are the following: 1) The physical display size is available via xrandr. However xrandr delivers it in a format that is rather uncomfortable to parse. 2) The hardware only provides a physical display size and not the expect

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2014-03-28 Thread Michael Shigorin
> Could someone provide an update on the status? Upstream insists on keeping xorg broken along winxp lines; I wouldn't be surprised if they "fix" it in wayland some day, years after winvista and ages after it worked in X. I'd call this "$name_that_sexual_minority default" based on the methods u

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2014-03-17 Thread madbiologist
Fair point. Unfortunately from what I can see the xorg developers are not interested in fixing this and believe that the current behaviour is both correct and acceptable. Some of them seem to be suggesting that it is the job of the window manager/desktop environment to pass the desired settings t

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2014-03-14 Thread Sergio Callegari
Thanks for the info! However, let me recall that the bug is not against unity and gnome, but xorg. For many reasons one may have X starting without unity or gnome (because of using another desktop or a transient misconfiguration). In this case, X should be able to provide readable chars even if

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2014-03-14 Thread madbiologist
A couple of last minute HiDPI fixes have just been added to GNOME shell 3.12. More relevantly, Unity 7 on Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty Tahr" will have support for HiDPI displays. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubu

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2014-03-06 Thread Tom Fields
This should definitely be fixed for Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty). This is NOT a wishlist item, this is a BUG. Using a default DPI of 96 on a 200 DPI monitor is /NOT/ helpful at all! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2014-03-03 Thread madbiologist
I'm not sure if this is being worked on for the Unity desktop in Ubuntu, but you might like to try the Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 "Trusty Tahr" beta 1 which is based on GNOME 3.10 - see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/Beta1/UbuntuGNOME for info and download links. As per https://help.gnome.org/misc/rel

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2014-02-27 Thread Scott Shawcroft
I too thing this should be fixed. The best argument I see for it is that at least Gentoo tells you to rely on autodetection of the settings. There was a time where you could generate an xorg.conf and then tweak it but we've progressed past it because the config always broke. Now, requiring someone

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2013-11-22 Thread Bachi
I would assume that by now a great deal of people do have a hi-res display and are affected. This bug should receive highest priority, certainly over feature enhancements as it ruins the experience. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subsc

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2013-06-27 Thread Sergio Callegari
I may not agree with the tone that appears a bit aggressive, but the observations by Tfa7 appear to be correct. Furthermore, with reference to the justification that there are monitors that report wrong/crazy EDID values, I really do not think that the majority of users who have bought and paid pr

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2013-06-27 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #534047 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=534047 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/589485 Title: Ignores physical di

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

2013-06-08 Thread Pander
See also https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AsusZenbook#LCD -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/589485 Title: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI