Re: How to set Xserver resolution

2000-10-03 Thread Brian Potkin
On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 09:57:52AM +1100, Brian May wrote: > > "Debian" == Debian Linux User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Debian> You could set up an alias. HTH > > That doesn't work to well if you are starting X via gdm... > > Yes, you could alter /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf, but this of

Re: How to set Xserver resolution

2000-10-02 Thread Hubert Chan
Bruce Sass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > /etc/X11/{k,x}dm/Xservers is the place to set it for kdm and xdm, gdm is > probably the same. They are conffiles. /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf for gdm (bottom of the file). Hubert

Re: How to set Xserver resolution

2000-10-02 Thread Bruce Sass
On 2 Oct 2000, Brian May wrote: > Debian> You could set up an alias. HTH > > That doesn't work to well if you are starting X via gdm... /etc/X11/{k,x}dm/Xservers is the place to set it for kdm and xdm, gdm is probably the same. They are conffiles. LyX was mentioned in the original post...

Re: How to set Xserver resolution

2000-10-01 Thread Brian May
> "Debian" == Debian Linux User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Debian> You could set up an alias. HTH That doesn't work to well if you are starting X via gdm... Yes, you could alter /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf, but this often gets changed upstream (forcing you to merge the changes each time). Y

Re: How to set Xserver resolution

2000-10-01 Thread Philipp Lehman
On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Some kind Guru once posted a script that I tried and after finding it >sooo useful I added that to my .bashrc and replaced the above alias. [snip] ...does even more than I asked for, thanks. -- Philipp Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: How to set Xserver resolution

2000-10-01 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: Re: How to set Xserver resolution Date: Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 09:00:07PM +0200 In reply to:Philipp Lehman Quoting Philipp Lehman([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, William Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 01:38:36PM -0

Re: How to set Xserver resolution

2000-10-01 Thread Debian Linux User
You could set up an alias. HTH Curt [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 09:00:07PM +0200, Philipp Lehman wrote: > On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, William Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 01:38:36PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > >> > >> startx -bpp 16 -dpi 120 > >> > >> Woul

Re: How to set Xserver resolution

2000-10-01 Thread Philipp Lehman
On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, William Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 01:38:36PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: >> >> startx -bpp 16 -dpi 120 >> >> Would be one way. Is there a way to make that permanent as well? Something in XF86Config? -- Philipp Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: How to set Xserver resolution

2000-10-01 Thread Philipp Lehman
On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, William Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >How do you determine what the proper dpi should be? How do you calculate it? Take a ruler and mesure the visible screen width of you monitor. Convert this value to inches if you're using a cm ruler (multiply by 2.54). Then divide the

Re: How to set Xserver resolution

2000-10-01 Thread William Jensen
How do you determine what the proper dpi should be? How do you calculate it? Wm On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 01:38:36PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > > Subject: How to set Xserver resolution > Date: Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 02:53:46PM +0200 > > In reply to:Philipp Lehman > > Quoting Philipp L

Re: How to set Xserver resolution

2000-10-01 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: How to set Xserver resolution Date: Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 02:53:46PM +0200 In reply to:Philipp Lehman Quoting Philipp Lehman([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I noticed that xdpyinfo reports a resolution of 75x75 dpi for my > Xserver. When I calculate the real resolution however, it