Constant DPI regardless of resolution

Nikos Chantziaras realnc at arcor.de
Wed Jul 2 02:32:04 PDT 2008


Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> Le Mer 2 juillet 2008 00:07, Nikos Chantziaras a écrit :
>> Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> 
>>> I'd expect wmware to decalre a new physical size automatically when
>>> that
>>> happens (since that's its actual behaviour)
>> This doesn't solve the issue when not using vmware.
> 
> Sure, it's a vm-specific behaviour (virtual screen which physical
> dimensions can vary unlike real-world-screens) so it can only be fixed
> in the vm stack.
> 
>> I fix in X's configuration solves both cases.
> 
> No it doesn't. Don't conflate solutions to different problems in a
> single mechanism. That thinking is a large part why we have the
> current mess. Correct solution to different problems is rarely the
> same.
> 
> X configuration is intrinsicaly static when use cases contextes are
> increasingly dynamic.

The "mess" you're referring to is the reason everything actually works. 
  I don't expect to ever see a working solution to my problem outside of 
X.  xrandr doesn't work, xf86-vmware doesn't work either.




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