[opensuse] Origin of X11 Display Resolution Information?
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Hi, I've installed a new monitor yesterday. It has slightly different display resolution than my old monitor, which remains connected in a dual-head configuration. Configuration via SaX2 went smoothly (and I discovered for the first time that KDE has specific features for dual-head mode). I'd like to force the new monitor to be treated as if it has the same dot pitch as the old one. I took the information displayed by xdpyinfo (95x93 dpi) and used it to adjust the monitor size shown in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. But when I restarted the X11 server, the reported resolution was unchanged. So my questions are: 1) Where does the X11 server actually get its display resolution? 2) How can I change it? Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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On April 4, 2009 07:34:05 am Randall R Schulz wrote:
Hi,
I've installed a new monitor yesterday. It has slightly different display resolution than my old monitor, which remains connected in a dual-head configuration. Configuration via SaX2 went smoothly (and I discovered for the first time that KDE has specific features for dual-head mode).
I'd like to force the new monitor to be treated as if it has the same dot pitch as the old one. I took the information displayed by xdpyinfo (95x93 dpi) and used it to adjust the monitor size shown in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. But when I restarted the X11 server, the reported resolution was unchanged.
So my questions are:
1) Where does the X11 server actually get its display resolution? 2) How can I change it?
Try adding Option "DPI" "96x96" (or whatever dpi value you prefer) in the device section of xorg.conf -- Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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On Saturday April 4 2009, Don Raboud wrote:
On April 4, 2009 07:34:05 am Randall R Schulz wrote:
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So my questions are:
1) Where does the X11 server actually get its display resolution? 2) How can I change it?
Try adding
Option "DPI" "96x96"
Excellent. Thank you
-- Don
Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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