Re: [gentoo-user] Re: High resolution on a 13 inch screen

Grant wrote: > >> > and indeed XFCE doesn't seem to have very good support for this. > >> > Maybe you can find some of the settings listed there useful > >> > though. > >> > > >> > Other than that, if you want working DPI scaling, you'll have > >> > much better luck with

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: High resolution on a 13 inch screen

On Di, 05 Sep 20:00:56 + Floyd Anderson wrote: On Di, 05 Sep 13:29:13 + Grant wrote: […] But X should get it right if I use: DisplaySize 294 166 Looks like a typo. I got: 349.6462 mm × 165.6207 mm with: $ bc <<<'scale=4; ppi=276.05;

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: High resolution on a 13 inch screen

On Di, 05 Sep 13:29:13 + Grant wrote: Is there a way to digitally discover the true height and width of your screen in mm? If you know the shadow mask/dot pitch [1] or the real pixel per inch of your screen, then calculate it. This way you see if software reports

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: High resolution on a 13 inch screen

>> Is there a way to digitally discover the true height and width of your >> screen in mm? > > > If you know the shadow mask/dot pitch [1] or the real pixel per inch of your > screen, then calculate it. This way you see if software reports wrong > values. Got it:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: High resolution on a 13 inch screen

>> > and indeed XFCE doesn't seem to have very good support for this. >> > Maybe you can find some of the settings listed there useful though. >> > >> > Other than that, if you want working DPI scaling, you'll have much >> > better luck with KDE 5 / Plasma. >> >> >> Won't I freak out if I'm an

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: High resolution on a 13 inch screen

Hello Grant, On Mo, 04 Sep 12:24:00 -0700 Grant wrote: Is there a way to digitally discover the true height and width of your screen in mm? If you know the shadow mask/dot pitch [1] or the real pixel per inch of your screen, then calculate it. This way you see if

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: High resolution on a 13 inch screen

Grant wrote: > > and indeed XFCE doesn't seem to have very good support for this. > > Maybe you can find some of the settings listed there useful though. > > > > Other than that, if you want working DPI scaling, you'll have much > > better luck with KDE 5 / Plasma. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: High resolution on a 13 inch screen

I'm getting strange results from xdpyinfo. I always get 96x96 DPI and the screen size changes along with the resolution. When I run 'xrandr --dpi 200x200' and check xdpyinfo, it reports correctly. But if I log out and back in to xfce4 without doing anything else, it gives me

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: High resolution on a 13 inch screen

Is there a way to digitally discover the true height and width of your screen in mm? >>> >>> >>> Yes. xdpyinfo shows the information: >>> >>>xdpyinfo | grep -B2 resolution >>> >>> If the information is wrong, that usually means one of two things >>> (sometimes >>> even both): a) the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: High resolution on a 13 inch screen

> My laptop's 13" screen has a native resolution of 3200x1800 which > makes everything crazy small on-screen. Is there a good method for > telling Xorg or xfce4 to compensate, or should I one-at-a-time my > applications? Depends on your desktop. I'm not sure if XFCE

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: High resolution on a 13 inch screen

>>> My laptop's 13" screen has a native resolution of 3200x1800 which >>> makes everything crazy small on-screen. Is there a good method for >>> telling Xorg or xfce4 to compensate, or should I one-at-a-time my >>> applications? >> >> Depends on your desktop. I'm not sure if XFCE supports this,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: High resolution on a 13 inch screen

>> My laptop's 13" screen has a native resolution of 3200x1800 which >> makes everything crazy small on-screen. Is there a good method for >> telling Xorg or xfce4 to compensate, or should I one-at-a-time my >> applications? > > Depends on your desktop. I'm not sure if XFCE supports this, but in

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: High resolution on a 13 inch screen

Hello friends, On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 12:16 PM, Grant wrote: >> My laptop's 13" screen has a native resolution of 3200x1800 which >> makes everything crazy small on-screen. Is there a good method for >> telling Xorg or xfce4 to compensate, or should I one-at-a-time my >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: High resolution on a 13 inch screen

Nils Freydank wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Am Freitag, 1. September 2017, 21:08:51 CEST schrieb J. Roeleveld: > > On Friday, September 1, 2017 7:28:48 PM CEST Mart Raudsepp wrote: > > > Ühel kenal päeval, R, 01.09.2017 kell 10:16, kirjutas Grant: > > [...] > > > > In

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: High resolution on a 13 inch screen

Hi everybody, Am Freitag, 1. September 2017, 21:08:51 CEST schrieb J. Roeleveld: > On Friday, September 1, 2017 7:28:48 PM CEST Mart Raudsepp wrote: > > Ühel kenal päeval, R, 01.09.2017 kell 10:16, kirjutas Grant: > [...] > > In KDE/Plasma there is a scaling setting in the display section. > The

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: High resolution on a 13 inch screen

On Friday, September 1, 2017 7:28:48 PM CEST Mart Raudsepp wrote: > Ühel kenal päeval, R, 01.09.2017 kell 10:16, kirjutas Grant: > > > My laptop's 13" screen has a native resolution of 3200x1800 which > > > makes everything crazy small on-screen. Is there a good method for > > > telling Xorg or

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: High resolution on a 13 inch screen

>> > My laptop's 13" screen has a native resolution of 3200x1800 which >> > makes everything crazy small on-screen. Is there a good method for >> > telling Xorg or xfce4 to compensate, or should I one-at-a-time my >> > applications? I can adjust the resolution down but it makes the >> > colors

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: High resolution on a 13 inch screen

Ühel kenal päeval, R, 01.09.2017 kell 10:16, kirjutas Grant: > > My laptop's 13" screen has a native resolution of 3200x1800 which > > makes everything crazy small on-screen.  Is there a good method for > > telling Xorg or xfce4 to compensate, or should I one-at-a-time my > > applications?  I can