Thanks for the info! However, let me recall that the bug is not against unity and gnome, but xorg. For many reasons one may have X starting without unity or gnome (because of using another desktop or a transient misconfiguration). In this case, X should be able to provide readable chars even if one is on a hi-dpi monitor. X setting the DPI at 96 prevents this. Please, even if gnome and unity fix the HiDPI issue, let still have a configuration option for X allowing one to switch between: 1) Ignore the EDID and fix the dpi to 96 (current behavior, good for older hardware) 2) Respect the EDID info about dpi (good for newer hardware, but risky for projectors and TVs) 3) Respect the EDID info, with same safety checks (e.g. force some default if EDID data looks too small or too large to be credible)
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/589485 Title: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI Status in X.Org X server: Confirmed Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The X server, starting with 1.7, ignores the physical size reported by the EDID or in xorg.conf and calculates it based on screen resolution and a DPI of 96. This is rather annoying for users of high DPI screens. GNOME and KDE (used?) to set 96 DPI by default in their settings. We should check whether they still do, and if so let them handle this; I don't think X should be handling this. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xorg-server/+bug/589485/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
