Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4398 mails)

[Keith Powell <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 01 Sep 2005 1:01 am, Adam Vazquez Kb2Jpd wrote:
> Does anyone know how to do this on the GNOME side?
>
> Adam
>

Adam,

I got this answer from another list, and have not tried it with SUSE. So I 
don't know if it works!

1) Make a copy of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, just in case of problems.

2) Load the xorg.cong file into a text editor and find the "Monitor" section.

3) Add the following lines before EndSection:

#	DisplaySize	270	203	#1024x768  96dpi
#	DisplaySize	338	254	#1280x960  96dpi
#	DisplaySize	338	270	#1280x1024  96dpi
#	DisplaySize	370	277	#1400x1050  96dpi
#	DisplaySize	423	370	#1600x1400  96dpi

4) Uncomment the line corresponding to your resolution.

To get other values, use the formula:

displaysize=<pixelsize>/96*25.4

5) Reboot or restart X, after which verify the dpi setting is correct by 
running the following in a terminal.

xdpyinfo | grep dimensions
xdpyinfo | grep resolution

If the resolution is not 96x96, slightly adjust the DisplaySize values until 
correct.

6) Configure Gnome to run at 96 dots per inch in System > Preferences > Font 
>Details

As I said, I haven't tried this in SUSE, but I hope it works. 

Cheers

Keith