Any chance that the changes I suggested below (in previous posts to this bug number) will be reviewed in time to make the 6.9.0 release upload? The problems I describe are still relevant. Let me know if I can supply any further information, or answer any questions. Thanks, Christopher Martin On May 20, 2005 11:07, Christopher Martin wrote: > These patches, for the etch-targeted X.Org server, improve dpi handling > in several ways. > > The first, fallback_dpi.patch, is a new one-line patch that changes the > xserver's final fallback dpi value from 75 to 100. I've written > extensively (to this bug report) on why this is a very important and > quite safe change that would be great to have in the X.Org packages. In > summary, since a default fallback value will always be required, we > should make it a good one. This has ramifications for the choosing of > default font sizes (in KDE, for instance). > > The other two items, 905_debian_xdm.diff.diff and xserverrc.diff, are > diffs to existing Debian patches and files. They remove the forcing of > 100 dpi on startup, when using startx or xdm. With the pending debconf > reforms, and the near-ubiquity of DDC, it no longer makes sense to force > a specific dpi value on startup as the default behaviour. In conjunction > with > fallback_dpi.patch, users for whom dpi auto-calculation fails will notice > no difference, since X would in this case fall back to 100 dpi anyway. > I've made more general arguments about dpi handling in my previous posts > to #237877. > > I'm putting forth these diffs while the X.Org packages are young and > experimental, since this is the perfect time to try these sorts of > changes. I hope you'll apply them.
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