On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Dave Witbrodt <[email protected]> wrote: >> 5) xdpyinfo reports this (notice particularly the size in millimeters): >> >> screen #0: >> dimensions: 1920x1200 pixels (508x317 millimeters) >> resolution: 96x96 dots per inch >> >> while Xorg.0.log includes this: > > [...] >> >> (II) RADEON(0): clock: 154.0 MHz Image Size: 593 x 371 mm > > [...] >> >> This is what I have in xorg.conf for the monitor: >> >> Section "Monitor" >> Identifier "HH281HPB" >> VendorName "Hanns.G" >> ModelName "HH281HPB" >> HorizSync 24-80 >> VertRefresh 56-75 >> DisplaySize 593 371 >> Option "DPMS" >> EndSection >> >> Apparently 'xdpyinfo' has a mind of its own! ;) > > Culprit is something in 'radeon': > > # grep 'Image Size:' /var/log/Xorg.0.log | uniq > (II) RADEON(0): clock: 154.0 MHz Image Size: 593 x 371 mm >
This is from the edid. > # grep 'screen physical' /var/log/Xorg.0.log > (II) RADEON(0): Setting screen physical size to 508 x 317 This is from the xserver. The display size is all handled in the xserver rather than the driver. All the driver does is pass the edid along. Recent xservers default to 96 dpi. Alex _______________________________________________ xorg-driver-ati mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati
