On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Russell Shaw wrote:
> In XF86Config-4, i have the display set to 31.2cm wide:
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Philips"
> VendorName "Philips"
> ModelName "C20 (CM0500)"
> HorizSync 31.5,35.2,37.8,48,56,64
> DisplaySize 312 234
> VertRefresh 50-90
> Option "DPMS"
> Gamma 2.4 2.5 2.6
> EndSection
> When the default vesa mode of "1024x768" is started,
> XFree86.0.log says that the resolution is set at 100dpi
> when it should be 83dpi 25.4*(1024/312). This is an analog
> monitor.
> (++) NV(0): DPI set to (100, 100)
(++) Means that the DPI was set on the command line with something like
startx -- -dpi 100
Perhaps xdm/xdm or gdm does this for you ?
The command line overrides the config file and the config file overrides
what is probed via DDC.
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