marbux wrote:
On 11/15/05, Felix Miata
wrote:
marbux wrote:
Felix, on SuSE 9.3, under KDE > System > Monitor > X-Server, I show:
Dimensions: 1280 x 1024 pixel (382 x 292 mm) Resolution: 85 x 89 dpi
If those mm dimensions are accurate, your display aspect ratio is non-standard, and it's using rectangular pixels (hence the unequal dpi values): http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/dpi.html
If I am understanding the linked chart correctly, the numbers also roughly equate to settings for a 19-inch monitor, but mine is a 21-inch (Silicon Graphics). Could that have anything to do with the issue?
The chart computes all values based upon actual diagonal dimensions. CRT vendors universally overstate the usable diagonal size of the tube, instead advertising the gross diagonal tube size, which can be up to 2" larger than the maximum diagonal dimension viewable. To anyone not using a flat panel, I recommend choosing some resolution other than the oddball 5/4 aspect 1280x1024, with a screen as large as yours, at least 1400x1050. If I had one the size of yours, I'd probably be at 1920x1440. I'm using 1792x1344 on my local server. http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/std-resolutions.html
And I would appreciate a pointer on what changes to make and where to make them. I've never had to mess with X-server settings before.
Joe Morris gave you the convenient answer for this. The direct route would be to do what sax2 does, and add a DisplaySize entry to xorg.conf in 'Section "Monitor". If you wish a particular DPI, you might wish to choose one from the list at: http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/tmp/DisplaySize -- "I can do all things through Him who gives me strength." Philippians 4:13 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/