Re: Changing DPI in X.org

2010-10-20 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 20 oct 10, 10:51:03, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > You could also calculate a display size in "mm x mm" according to the > LCD resolution and the desired DPI value and set it in the "Monitor" > section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf, e.g., > > DisplaySize 285 214 According to my experience and the

Re: Changing DPI in X.org

2010-10-20 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
You could also calculate a display size in "mm x mm" according to the LCD resolution and the desired DPI value and set it in the "Monitor" section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf, e.g., DisplaySize 285 214 -- Best regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.or

Re: Changing DPI in X.org

2010-10-19 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Ma, 19 oct 10, 12:53:48, Paul Johnson wrote: > On 10/18/2010 11:36 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Mi, 13 oct 10, 11:34:30, Paul Johnson wrote: > >> I'm running x.org 7.5 on Debian Testing, on a ThinkPad T400 laptop. For > >> some reason, it detects the internal display as 96 DPI, when it's >

Re: Changing DPI in X.org

2010-10-19 Thread Paul Johnson
On 10/18/2010 11:36 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mi, 13 oct 10, 11:34:30, Paul Johnson wrote: >> I'm running x.org 7.5 on Debian Testing, on a ThinkPad T400 laptop. For >> some reason, it detects the internal display as 96 DPI, when it's >> actually 107 DPI. What's the best way to let x.org kno

Re: Changing DPI in X.org

2010-10-18 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 13 oct 10, 11:34:30, Paul Johnson wrote: > I'm running x.org 7.5 on Debian Testing, on a ThinkPad T400 laptop. For > some reason, it detects the internal display as 96 DPI, when it's > actually 107 DPI. What's the best way to let x.org know the internal > display's actual DPI? According t

Re: Changing DPI in X.org

2010-10-15 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:55:52 -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 22:27 +, Camaleón wrote: >> > I noticed the "fonts settings" control in GNOME, but this doesn't >> > pass the DPI to other programs that check the system DPI setting, >> > such as Adobe Reader. >> >> For

Re: Changing DPI in X.org

2010-10-14 Thread John A. Sullivan III
On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 22:27 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:46:37 -0500, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On 10/14/2010 02:40 AM, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:34:30 -0500, Paul Johnson wrote: > >> > >>> I'm running x.org 7.5 on Debian Testing, on a ThinkPad T400 laptop. >

Re: Changing DPI in X.org

2010-10-14 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:46:37 -0500, Paul Johnson wrote: > On 10/14/2010 02:40 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:34:30 -0500, Paul Johnson wrote: >> >>> I'm running x.org 7.5 on Debian Testing, on a ThinkPad T400 laptop. >>> For some reason, it detects the internal display as 96 DPI,

Re: Changing DPI in X.org

2010-10-14 Thread Paul Johnson
On 10/14/2010 02:40 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:34:30 -0500, Paul Johnson wrote: > >> I'm running x.org 7.5 on Debian Testing, on a ThinkPad T400 laptop. For >> some reason, it detects the internal display as 96 DPI, when it's >> actually 107 DPI. What's the best way to let x.or

Re: Changing DPI in X.org

2010-10-14 Thread Nick Jones
On 13 October 2010 17:34, Paul Johnson wrote: [..] > What's the best way to let x.org know the internal > display's actual DPI? If you use 'startx', then you can do: $ startx -- -dpi 107 This section from Arch Linux's wiki does a good job of explaining how to adjust this permanently: http://

Re: Changing DPI in X.org

2010-10-14 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:34:30 -0500, Paul Johnson wrote: > I'm running x.org 7.5 on Debian Testing, on a ThinkPad T400 laptop. For > some reason, it detects the internal display as 96 DPI, when it's > actually 107 DPI. What's the best way to let x.org know the internal > display's actual DPI? In

Re: Changing DPI in X.org

2010-10-13 Thread Javier Vasquez
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Paul Johnson wrote: > I'm running x.org 7.5 on Debian Testing, on a ThinkPad T400 laptop.  For > some reason, it detects the internal display as 96 DPI, when it's > actually 107 DPI.  What's the best way to let x.org know the internal > display's actual DPI? > Ho