Re: DPI setting

2006-05-02 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Tue, 2 May 2006 18:30:18 +0100 ArameFarpado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Liam O'Toole wrote: > > > > Do you log in using gdm? > no, i use kdm. > > > > The dpi setting in gdm (which is 96 by > > default) overrides that in xorg.conf. It does this by passing the > > '-dpi' option to the X

Re: DPI setting

2006-05-01 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Mon, 1 May 2006 21:36:32 +0100 ArameFarpado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Liam O'Toole wrote: > > >> That was it! - except it was in /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf not > >> /etc/gdm/gdm.con, which is why I missed it.. > >> > >> Beats me why a display manager would think that it had a better > >>

Re: DPI setting

2006-05-01 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 11:16:49AM +0100, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On Mon, 1 May 2006 08:33:50 +0100 > Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > > > Depending on how you start X, you may be starting it with the -dpi > > > option. (my gdm.conf uses: `X -dpi 96') > > > AFAIK, this

Re: DPI setting

2006-05-01 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Mon, 1 May 2006 08:33:50 +0100 Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > > > > Depending on how you start X, you may be starting it with the -dpi > > option. (my gdm.conf uses: `X -dpi 96') > > AFAIK, this will override any DisplaySize settings in xorg.conf. > > That was it! - except

Re: DPI setting

2006-05-01 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 08:30:53AM +0200, Felix C. Stegerman wrote: > * Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-04-30 23:50]: > > On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 11:22:27PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ... > > > I have a debian installation and I use a relatively high resolution > > > monitor (1600x120

Re: DPI setting

2006-04-30 Thread Felix C. Stegerman
* Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-04-30 23:50]: > On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 11:22:27PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... > > I have a debian installation and I use a relatively high resolution > > monitor (1600x1200). It works fine but it is convinced I have 75x75 > > DPI, so everything is

Re: DPI setting

2006-04-30 Thread ArameFarpado
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > .. > dimensions: 1600x1200 (524x486 millimiters) <=== the real dimensions are > (360x266 mm) > resolution: 75x75 dots per inch <=== the real resolution is > about 110x110 DPI .. > > what should I tweak? > > TiA > Mauro Use this two options on the secti

Re: DPI setting

2006-04-30 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 11:22:27PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sorry, > I have not been able to find the answer, even if I KNOW it must be a FAQ :( > > I have a debian installation and I use a relatively high resolution monitor > (1600x1200). > It works fine but it is convinced I have 75x75

Re: DPI setting

2006-04-30 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Le Dimanche 30 Avril 2006 23:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > Sorry, > I have not been able to find the answer, even if I KNOW it must be a FAQ :( > > I have a debian installation and I use a relatively high resolution monitor > (1600x1200). It works fine but it is convinced I have 75x75 DPI, so >