On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Robin Rosenberg wrote:
> How can I change the metrics for an X display. When using NVidia's
> drivers I got the correct dimensions within a few millimeters. Using the
> XFree driverse I get something completely off the walls.
>
> xdpyinfo reports:
> dimensions: 1904x1200 pixels (645x406 millimeters)
> resolution: 75x75 dots per inch
>
> My laptop screen is much smaller with a actual display area of 322x207 mm,
> which make everything that uses metrics look bad.
There's a DisplaySize option in the Section "Montior" of the
XF86Config file. eg:
DisplaySize 322 207
Most laptop panels don't have EDIDs so the driver can't query
the correct DPI without specific knowledge of the laptop, such
as NVIDIA's drivers would know.
Mark.
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