> From: Ken Caldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SLUG] How can you determine the default dpi setting in X? > > 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?
I don't know about other distros, but Red Hat writes out a log file to the /var/log directory that has (amongst a lot of other stuff) the dpi that the system chooses. cheers, Bernard Doyle > > cheers, > > Ken > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
