Ok, wishlist seems good to me.
I also think tricking those diagonals to report marketing data is not
the best solution. By the way, we have lots of CRT monitors at work
because it's a high school, which means we keep using very old computers
(like PIII in departments) along newer ones in classrooms.
Maybe adding a text disclaimer in the dialog about CRT monitor sizes could be
done, something like:
'Tube monitors usually report a screen size smaller than
what they have; e.g. 15" for a 17" monitor, or 13" for a 15"'
This might be a bad idea, though, as more research should be done (and I
think string freeze is on). Also would be good to detect if the monitor
is CRT or LCD, but I haven't any LCD at hand to try things (I'll try the
one at the library, if the librarian allows me :-)
Anyway I believe that Windows reports correct monitor sizes when one
installs the .inf that comes with the monitor, so it's not much smarter
than Linux or Xorg.
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gnome-display-properties shows incorrect monitor size
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