retitle 257266 xbase-clients: [xserverrc] please stop passing '-dpi 100' option to X server by default (also see #237877) tag 257266 + wontfix severity 257266 wishlist retitle 237877 xdm: please stop passing '-dpi 100' option to X server by default (also see #257266) thansk On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 10:31:36PM +0200, Jörg Sommer wrote: > Package: xbase-clients > Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 > Severity: normal > File: /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc > > Hi, > > the option -dpi 100 is appended while starting with xinit or startx. The > X server can itself determine how much dpi the display has. If you set > this option hard to 100 many users get the wrong resolution. Remove this > option to let X determine it itself from the edid data. An identical request has already been filed against xdm. I have not persuaded to make this change. Please see the bug logs of #237877 for an explanation why. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=237877 -- G. Branden Robinson | Convictions are more dangerous Debian GNU/Linux | enemies of truth than lies. branden@debian.org | -- Friedrich Nietzsche http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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