On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 12:16 PM, James G. Sack (jim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Carl Lowenstein wrote:
> > I have noticed over the past couple of days that PostScript text files
> > viewed with gv(1) looked sort of funny on my new wide-screen LCD
> > display. Not scaled the same horizontally and vertically, so the
> > characters were squeezed one way or another. Also the on-screen page
> > size had the wrong aspect ratio.
> >
> > Got myself a clue -- gv uses its internal knowledge of the screen
> > dimensions to scale the display. Sure enough, when I changed State ->
> > Setup Options -> Screen Size from 361x292 mm to 524x321 mm, everything
> > looked right again.
> >
> > I don't remember setting 361x292 myself in the past, maybe it happened
> > when gv was installed. Anyhow, one can learn the screen dimensions by
> > running xrandr(1x) or by taking the metric measuring tape to the
> > actual display.
>
> I've forgotten how to find what the system currently thinks the physical
> dimensions (or dpi settings) are. Is it available in xrandr output -- I
> don't see it? Am I missing something?
>
This is the first couple of lines that I get from xrandr.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] postscript]$ xrandr
SZ: Pixels Physical Refresh
*0 1920 x 1200 ( 524mm x 321mm ) *60
carl
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