[mythtv-users] DPI setting wont take

Jurgen Kramer gtm.kramer at inter.nl.net
Sun Feb 26 11:26:11 UTC 2006


On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 08:34 -0600, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> Robin Hill wrote:
> > On Fri Feb 24, 2006 at 01:22:43PM +0100, Jurgen Kramer wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> I am trying to change the DPI setting from the default 75 x 75 to 24 x
> >> 19, which should be the correct setting according to the nvidia driver
> >> (taken from the EDID data when my screen was connected through a DVI-
> >> HDMI) connector. My 32" screen is currently connected through VGA using
> >> a 1360x768 resolution. Problem is that the driver and/or X will not use
> >> my custom DPI setting:
> >>
> >> (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1360 x 768
> >> (==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
> >>
> >> I have the following lines in my xorg.conf device settings section:
> >>
> >>         Option "UseEdidDpi" "FALSE"
> >>         Option "DPI" "24 x 19"
> >>
> >> Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
> >>
> >>     
> > There is no DPI option - you need to set the DPI via the DisplaySize
> > option (in the Monitor section of your xorg.conf).  This specifies the
> > size of the display (in mm).  I wouldn't advise doing this though - most
> > of the MythTV menus assume 100dpi and things will certainly look wrong
> > if you go down to 24x19!  I'd say that, unless you're planning on doing
> > CAD/CAM work and actually measuring thing on the screen, then you'll be
> > best setting the DisplaySize get a 100dpi resolution.
> >   
> You can also pass --dpi 100 to the xserver when it starts
> 
> Kevin

Thanks guys, I will stick with dpi set to 100.

Jurgen



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