Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:54:33 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: aryeh.friedman@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Really strange resolution problems on xorg with a laptop Message-ID: <20081224225433.87741d52.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4952A820.6020302@gmail.com> References: <49526071.4030305@gmail.com> <20081224220216.92be9454.freebsd@edvax.de> <4952A820.6020302@gmail.com>
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On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:22:40 -0500, "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: > Polytropon wrote: > > Check the DPI settings from your monitor and if they match the > > settings in xorg.conf. Some programs calculate font sizes > > according to these values. > > > How do I check that... Eventually there's a setting in /etc/X11/xorg.conf called "DisplaySize" that does not match the display size of the monitor. Take a ruler and check. Then, calculate the dpi resolution from what the manufacturer says about the amount of pixels in X and Y (e. g. "1200x800"). physical pixels x dpi(x) = --------------------- display width in inch and physical pixels y dpi(y) = ---------------------- display height in inch The dpi resolution chosen by the X server can be determined by % grep DPI /var/log/Xorg.0.log This should match the reality. > btw your name seems familar ever use a public > access freebsd machine called m-net? No, must be somebody else. Name is from Homer's Illias. And, no, it's not Homer Simpson. :-) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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