dpkg-reconfigure --all didn't work
Redetecting settings in System--Preferences--Screen Resolution did the
trick. DPI is correct and evince displays pages as it should.
Thanks!
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PDF pages appear extremely small in evince
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/213745
You received this bug
Evince seems to assign bad value of window size in ev-metadata.xml
Workaround:
Edit ~/.gnome2/evince/ev-metadate.xml
change the values
entry key=window_width type=gint value=???/
entry key=window_height type=gint value=???/
to your required window size or to just about anything. After the
** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13274310/Xorg.0.log
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PDF pages appear extremely small in evince
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/213745
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Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee.
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strange...
this works for sure - at least for me, tried it twice.
delete ev-metadata.xml
open some document in evince
close evince
add
entry key=sizing_mode type=gchararray value=free/
right under document uri=last-used-value atime=1207731907
save
open some doc in evince
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As of now, after upgrading the system 10 minutes ago and restarting, the
bug is still active.
$ xdpyinfo | grep resolution
resolution:4x1 dots per inch
Evince still displays the pages incorrectly without the workaround
mentioned above.
** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log
