On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, safemode wrote:
> On Monday 26 November 2001 00:14, Mark Vojkovich wrote:
> > On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, safemode wrote:
> > > The program i used to see what dpi i was at was xdpyinfo. the fonts
> > > may have been at a correct resolution, but since the display wasn't it
> > > looked all sorts of messed up. The problem here isn't with end user
> > > apps. Something was not being detected or set up right in the server.
> >
> > Are you sure 87x96 isn't the correct DPI given your resolution
> > and monitor size? It's not an unbelievable result. The monitor
> > EDID may be wrong though. It wouldn't be the first time one
> > was. If you have a virtual desktop larger than the viewport,
> > I'd expect the server's DPI calculation to be whack.
> >
>
> unless 1280x1024 dimensions gives 87x96 resolution, then it was wrong. If it
> does then it's perfectly right. The thing is, this did not happen in the old
> cvs's that did load my fixed fonts and such and work. So i'm assuming that
> that means this is the wrong value. I was not using any virtual resolution.
> (Resolution meaning dimensions).
1280x1024 isn't a 4:3 ratio. It is generally distorted on most
4:3 monitors. If your monitor is approx. 14.7 x 10.7 inches (pretty
near 4:3) then this DPI calculation is correct.
MArk.
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