On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 22:13:43 -0500, Joshua Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 08:51:45AM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > > > I'd guess there's some Xlib function for that. > > > > There is. I've only rarely seen it be accurate, and most people don't > > know how to set it anyway. > > > > It's usually in the 70-110 DPI range. > > Apparently I have strange experiences then because in recent years I've > usually seen it be pretty acurate, say within +/-5 dpi, across several > displays.
You may be one of the lucky few with a combination of graphics card, monitor and X server that can make use of EDID information stored in the monitor. Check your logs (e.g. XFree86.0.log)-- there may be some mention of EDID, DDC or VBE, and how the DPI value was obtained. -- - Charles Lepple
