Bug#364545: xserver-xorg: DisplaySize ignored
On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 07:32 +0200, Vincent Lönngren wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6
> Severity: normal
>
> The X server used to query the monitor for it's physical dimensions, and
> everything was just fine. Now it seems that DPI is somehow set to 96,
> and the dimensions are modified to fit that, which makes both the DPI
> and the dimensions wrong.
>
> I tried to set the dimensions explicitly as described in the FAQ, but
> those values seem to be ignored.
>
> Since the value 96 has been mentioned as a reasonable default value for
> some time, I'm guessing that the default value has been changed and that
> something went wrong in the process so it overrides values read from
> EDID and even from an explicitly set DisplaySize.
In principle, the only way to override DisplaySize is the -dpi command
line switch. Is that being passed to the X server for you somehow? The
log file suggests this is the case:
> (++) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
^^^^
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