Re: DPI setting

[Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 1 May 2006 21:36:32 +0100
ArameFarpado <a-farpado.spam@netcabo.pt> wrote:

> Liam O'Toole wrote:
> 
> >> That was it! - except it was in /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf not
> >> /etc/gdm/gdm.con, which is why I missed it..
> >> 
> >> Beats me why a display manager would think that it had a better
> >> idea of the screen resolution than the X server, but its fixed now.
> >> 
> >> Thanks,
> >> DigbyT
> > 
> > Keep an eye on this one. /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf is not listed
> > as a configuration file, so it will be overwritten without warning
> > on the next upgrade to gdm. Better to override the setting
> > in /etc/gdm/gdm.conf instead.
> > 
> 
> hi
> 
> please post this solution on the group, as i can't do it and i don't
> know why:
> 
> 
> 
> In xorg.conf
> use this two options on the section "Device" of your graphics card
>  
> Option          "UseEditDpi"            "false"
> Option          "Dpi"                   "110 x 110"
> 
> 
> regards
> ArameFarpado

Do you log in using gdm? The dpi setting in gdm (which is 96 by
default) overrides that in xorg.conf. It does this by passing the
'-dpi' option to the X server. To check the setting in your case, look
at the output of 'ps ax | grep X'.