Bug#496563: Missing "-dpi 100" argument in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers after upgrade from etch

[Claus Fischer <claus.fischer@clausfischer.com>]

Package: xdm
Version: 1:1.1.8-3
Severity: important


After upgrading from etch, the new X server displays the xdm login screen
in extremely tiny fonts, despite an apparently correct font setting
in /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources (fonts checked with xfontsel).

It turns out that the new X server requires a call parameter setting
the screen resolution:
Change
   :0 local /usr/bin/X :0 vt7 -nolisten tcp
into
   :0 local /usr/bin/X :0 vt7 -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp


The same fix is required for the xserver startup arguments in the
xinit package (separately filed).


Claus



-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages xdm depends on:
ii  cpp                           4:4.3.1-2  The GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.22     Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                         2.7-13     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libice6                       2:1.0.4-1  X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libpam0g                      1.0.1-3    Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libselinux1                   2.0.65-2   SELinux shared libraries
ii  libsm6                        2:1.0.3-2  X11 Session Management library
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.1.4-2  X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                       1:1.0.3-3  X11 authorisation library
ii  libxaw7                       2:1.0.4-2  X11 Athena Widget library
ii  libxdmcp6                     1:1.0.2-3  X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  libxext6                      2:1.0.4-1  X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxft2                       2.1.12-3   FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxinerama1                  2:1.0.3-2  X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxmu6                       2:1.0.4-1  X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii  libxpm4                       1:3.5.7-1  X11 pixmap library
ii  libxrender1                   1:0.9.4-2  X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxt6                        1:1.0.5-3  X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  lsb-base                      3.2-19     Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  x11-common                    1:7.3+15   X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
ii  x11-utils                     7.3+2      X11 utilities
ii  xbase-clients                 1:7.3+15   miscellaneous X clients - metapack

xdm recommends no packages.

Versions of packages xdm suggests:
ii  xutils                        1:7.3+15   X Window System utility programs m

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