Bug#180428: xserver-xfree86: [ati/radeon] Really screwy display dpi reported
On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 07:23, Larry Gilbert wrote:
>
> On my system with a Radeon 7500 QW, I have been tracking down some
> strange problems with the display of outline fonts. One thing I was
> told to look at was the DPI reported by xdpyinfo. The results are very
> far beyond expected values.
>
> bash-2.05a$ xdpyinfo | grep resolution
> resolution: 2601x9 dots per inch
[...]
> (--) RADEON(0): Display dimensions: (10, 2140) mm
> (--) RADEON(0): DPI set to (2600, 9)
The display size is probably misdetected for some reason. You should be
able to override it in the Screen section (using the DisplaySize
directive) or with the -dpi command line switch.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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