On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 11:43:54PM +1100, Ken Caldwell wrote:
> I have an IBM P70 17" Monitor on this computer running at a resolution
> of 1280x960 pixels.  The picture is about 318mm by 235mm (It is a bit
> difficult to measure because of the curvature of the screen) These
> figures seem to correspond to about 103 pixel per inch.
> 
> I have read that you can supply a dpi argument to X at startup but I
> can't find any such option in amongst the myriad of files and scripts
> that are associated with X. (X is started on this box by the wdm display
> manager)  Is there a command that will reveal the X server's default
> dpi?

Does "xdpyinfo | grep resolution" help?

-Andrew.

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