[Openchrome-users] 1360x768 resolution

Philipp Kaeser openchrome-users
Mon Aug 20 12:55:32 PDT 2007


Hiyo,

>>> The bonus round: how can I adjust the dpi / get rid of the very,
>>> very tiny fonts?
>>>
>>> $ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log|grep -i dpi
>>> (**) VIA(0): DPI set to (38, 39)
>>>
>>> ~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log|grep -i display
>>> (**) VIA(0): Display dimensions: (890, 500) mm
>> Set in your xorg.conf the actual size of your monitor.  For example:
> 
> No, don't do that. Then the fonts will be very tiny. Set something much 
> smaller than the actual size, but in proportion. For my 32" 16:9 TV, I 
> have DisplaySize 256 144 which works well for me (with 720x576Noscale).

there is another possibility to just override the dpi settings when
starting the X server, eg: /usr/bin/X -dpi 75

bye,
Philipp





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