On Sat, 9 Sep 2006 18:38:26 +0000
Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Saturday 09 September 2006 16:40, Colleen Beamer wrote:
>
> > > This is part of my xorg.conf in case it helps:
> > > =======================================
> > > Section "Monitor"
> > > DisplaySize 336 269 # 96 DPI @ 1280x1024
> > > Identifier "Monitor0"
> > > VendorName "NEC"
> > > ModelName "NEC LCD1860NX"
> > > HorizSync 31.0 - 80.0
> > > VertRefresh 55.0 - 85.0
> > > Option "DPMS"
> > > Modeline "1280x1024" 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025
> > > 1028 1066
> > > EndSection
> >
> > Anyway, I'm not sure that I understand some of the above - like
> > DisplaySize 336 269 ... what is this? centimeters? and how do I know
> > that the resolution is 96 DPI?
>
> Please ignore that line (I should have deleted it...) The measurements are
> in
> millimeters and invariably needed on a CRT monitor. I have both a CRT and a
> TFT monitor so mine is a bit more complex than what you need. I take it that
> you are using a TFT monitor, in which case leave these measurements out for
> now. The reason I have these in mine is because for some weird reason my TFT
> monitor was getting an odd DPI which made the fonts look blurred on/off
> across the screen - enough to give me a nasty headache 5 minutes later. (If
> you need to find out what the DPI is on your monitor run xdpyinfo). Just for
> info, these measurements are either obtained from your monitor's manual, or
> by using a tape measure across your screen.
[SNIP]
Hey,
just for the record. IMHO it is a lot easier to set the DPI per
~/.Xdefaults with 'Xft.dpi: 96'. Or by starting the X Server with
'-dpi 96'. Especially when you want to try some specific DPI value.
Jan-Hendrik Zab
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