Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 23:58:37 +0200 From: Michael Nottebrock <lofi@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fontsize and dpi Message-ID: <200508242358.42297.lofi@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <86y86r797k.fsf@xps.des.no> References: <200508231352.j7NDqmGo068047@lurza.secnetix.de> <200508241451.58083.lofi@freebsd.org> <86y86r797k.fsf@xps.des.no>
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--nextPart3026323.HLvAqflaQd Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday, 24. August 2005 15:31, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > Michael Nottebrock <lofi@freebsd.org> writes: > > On Tuesday, 23. August 2005 15:52, Oliver Fromme wrote: > > > I haven't seen any cases recently where the DPI was set correctly > > > by default. > > > > The key to DPMS-assisted dpi detection [...] > > DPMS has nothing to do with display size or resolution.=20 True, the proper set of capitals to use here would be DDC/EDID. Most, if no= t=20 all graphics card drivers in xorg now support the Option "IgnoreEDID" <bool> (to go into Section "Device") which implies that by default, they should us= e=20 EDID data for determining the display size / DPI. I'm pretty sure I'm not=20 completely imagining the requirement for the dpms option to make that=20 actually work though, but perhaps it's no longer the case, or it's another= =20 one of those config parser bloopers. =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --nextPart3026323.HLvAqflaQd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDDO2SXhc68WspdLARAi88AKCfDbi3IjOR40VJ1jf8CNJ0KdgHgQCeLZ4w fyY0rzCqVe9ysWKeRCmCn2A= =7FPm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3026323.HLvAqflaQd--
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