I am summarising info for the bug here.
This bug is mostly about intel driver reporting physical screen size of
289x21 millimiters.
mets.tes.chaussettes have found a new workaround, confirmed by puccha, for
/etc/X11/xorg.conf file:
Section "Monitor"
... #whatevert was in already.
Option "DDC" "no"
EndSection
For ATI driver extract from Laurent:
I have backported the debian version of xserver-xorg-video-ati(6.6.3-2) to
gutsy and I don't have this issue, should be introduced by some ubuntu patch
According to john on 2007-10-31:
Seems to be fixed in Pre-Released Updates. mine is fine now.
But puccha, and mets.tes.chaussettes say it does not fix.
bug #128745 is about bad DPI detection too, seems to have been fixed with a
hack in gconf (I feels lost with it)
libgnome (2.20.0-1ubuntu1) gutsy; urgency=low
* debian/libgnome2-common.gconf-defaults:
- set dpi to 96 rather than fonts to 11 (LP: #118745)
Maciej, servaas, Donc, paresh,gutocarvalho have 289x21 milimiters screen
on their intel chipset!
Maciej (original poster):
(==) intel(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
(II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 289 x 21
X Window System Version 7.2.0
Release Date: 22 January 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2
Current Operating System: Linux maciej-laptop 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr
15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686
servaas-xubuntu-user (Problem in XUbuntu in general, not just GDM)
X Window System Version 1.3.0
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3
Current Operating System: Linux ubuntu 2.6.22-8-generic #1 SMP Thu Jul 12
15:59:45 GMT 2007 i686
(==) intel(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
(II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 289 x 21
Donc:
Intel 945GM
Some output of xdpyinfo that may help:
screen #0:
dimensions: 1280x800 pixels (289x21 millimeters)
resolution: 112x968 dots per inch
Paresh:
(II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 289 x 21
(==) intel(0): DPI set to (100, 100)
X Window System Version 1.3.0
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3
Build Operating System: Linux Ubuntu (xorg-server 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-12ubuntu8)
Current Operating System: Linux pareshlap 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14
23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686
gutocarvalho:
(II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 289 x 21
(==) intel(0): DPI set to (100, 100)
X Window System Version 1.3.0
Release Date: 19 April 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3
Build Operating System: Linux Ubuntu (xorg-server 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-12ubuntu8)
Current Operating System: Linux defiant 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14
23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686
collinbeck:
Intel 945, problem exist in stable Gutsy (7.10)
Artemis3
I also get (==) intel(0): DPI set to (75, 75) but if i enter a custom value in
xorg.conf say, DisplaySize 338 211 in the monitor section; the DPI becomes:
intel(0): DPI set to (96, 154) but the fonts in gdm still look huge.
Matt: Surely bad display dimensions!
(--) fglrx(0): Display dimensions: (40, 30) mm
(--) fglrx(0): DPI set to (812, 866)
X Window System Version 7.2.0
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2
Current Operating System: Linux matt-desktop 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Fri Aug
31 00:55:27 UTC 2007 i686
nzk (bug #91042)
Uname: Linux andrei-laptop 2.6.20-9-generic #2 SMP Mon Feb 26 03:01:44 UTC 2007
i686
This happens with both the 'ati' and 'radeon' drivers. I do not use fglrx.
Etienne
(II) RADEON(0): Setting screen physical size to 4 x 3
(**) RADEON(0): Display dimensions: (320, 240) mm
(**) RADEON(0): DPI set to (101, 108)
X Window System Version 1.3.0
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3
Build Operating System: Linux Ubuntu (xorg-server 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-12ubuntu6)
Current Operating System: Linux etienne-desktop 2.6.22-12-generic #1 SMP Sun
Sep 23 18:11:30 GMT 2007 i686
Matteo:
(==) RADEON(0): DPI set to (100, 100)
ati driver 6.7.194.
Sometimes this happens in X as well (see pic). This also causes me problems
when reading pdf files and producing charts with R (says that figure is too
large -> because of huge fonts).
Workaround working for Marcelo, gutocarvalho: (Watchout, may make it harder for
you to report fix on this bug)
changed /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom and added this lines to the end:
[server-Standard]
command=/usr/bin/X -br -audit 0 -dpi 96
** Summary changed:
- Large font in the GDM login text field after installing
xserver-xorg-video-intel
+ Large font in the GDM login text field after installing
xserver-xorg-video-intel which report monitor having 289x21 millimiters
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: gdm
+
+ [I have summarised info for this bug in
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/107320/comments/39
,
+ big summary: intel driver reporting physical scrren size of 289x21
millimiters ]
After installing xserver-xorg-video-intel and change graphics driver to
'intel' in xorg.conf, when logging in, I type in my username and
password for my machine. It shows up as very large characters in the
login text field, larger then the field itself.
I have Intel GMA 950 card (in Intel 945GM chipset).
xserver-xorg-video-intel: 2:1.9.94-1
xserver-xorg: 1:7.2-0ubuntu11
gdm: 2.18.1-0ubuntu1
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Committed => Confirmed
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Committed => Confirmed
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nv (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Committed => New
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Large font in the GDM login text field after installing
xserver-xorg-video-intel which report monitor having 289x21 millimiters
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/107320
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