David Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Xinerama *hides* the fact that there are two heads, so there is no > >> way for the app to be told a different DPI debending which head it is > >> currently on - what should it be told if it is on both ? > > > >This is my point exactly. When I raised this issue it was not to elicit a > >"correct" solution, but rather to point out that the whole notion of DPI is > >nonsense WRT Xinerama/MergedFB. I would suggest this as a "correct-ish" > >solution: If Xinerama/MergedFB detects that both screens have nearly the > >same resolution (to within some configurable tolerance) then use the > >average of the two. Otherwise the user has to specify the DPI to use with > >the -dpi command line switch or some other mechanism. (Is there a DPI > >option in the XF86Config file?) It might be nice to be able to specify > >"use DPI from screen foo" in the ServerLayout section to simplify the > >process a bit. > > There is no DPI option in the XF86Config file, but one could be added.
That's true, but we have DisplaySize property in the Monitor section. -- Alexander Pohoyda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
