Bug#227217: mini-howto for the dpi/displaysize setting

[Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de>]

#include <hallo.h>
* Michel Dänzer [Tue, Jan 13 2004, 07:28:53PM]:

> > +The dot resolution setting is handled by the X server internally.
> > +Unfortunately, there is no good way to auto-detect the monitor size
> > +so you should configure it by hand.
> 
> Not true, the display size is in the EDID block.

And it can be extracted using ...what? The last time I looked,
parse-edid did not support it and the VESA specs are available for $$$
only.

Regards,
Eduard.
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