Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg
On a Dell E6500 with intel graphics and a 1920x1080 panel, with kubuntu. On Karmic, xorg was detecting the correct physical screen size (about 30cm x 20cm) and resolution and thus setting the dots-per-inch correctly. On Lucid, the physical screen size is set at over 50cm x 32cm to always give a dpi of 96, which gives ridiculously small fonts on this machine. The xorg log indicates (II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 508 x 317 please, avoid hardwiring the dpi to 96 since it makes no sense at all. Why should my laptop believe that it has a screen as big as a huge TV set? If there are machines where edid reports incorrect data, then default to having some reasonable dpi there, but provide a means so that one can specify to use edid on his machine. If this is an upstream bug with intel graphics, please be so kind to report upstream. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat May 1 12:40:03 2010 InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6500 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=/dev/mapper/group00-root ro quiet splash SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display dmi.bios.date: 10/30/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A18 dmi.board.name: 0W612R dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA18:bd10/30/2009:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6500:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0W612R:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E6500 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. system: distro: Ubuntu codename: lucid architecture: x86_64 kernel: 2.6.32-21-generic ** Affects: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug fonts lucid -- Regression over Karmic on detection of physical screen size and resolution https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/572943 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp