Bug#476143: xserver-xorg-video-nv: Driver reports wrong display size

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Leandro Nunes dos Santos wrote:
> Subject: xserver-xorg-video-nv: Driver reports wrong display size
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-nv
> Version: 1:2.1.3-1
> Severity: normal
>
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>
> When I install the debian system on my notebook and noted that the
> fonts where too small. The font was size 10(the default) but it
> looks like size 8 or less. I am using GNOME.
>
> I found the link http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=68779 and
> could identify the same problem on my system.
>
> My notebook has a 14' screen but the driver reports as if i had a very
> larger screen using the command:
>
>     xdpyinfo | grep dim
>
> I forced it to 305 x 183 on my xorg.conf file.
>
> I think the driver was reporting 405 x 282 before.


Please send the log when removing DisplaySize in xorg.conf.

Can you try a more recent Xserver and/or driver?
For instance there's a nv driver 2.1.7 for Xserver 1.3 in
http://people.debian.org/~bgoglin/rebuilds/nv-2.1.7-Xserver1.3/

Brice