[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#531781: fglrx: bogus dpi information returned

[Petr Baudis]

Package: fglrx-driver
Version: 1:9-5-1
Severity: normal
File: fglrx


fglrx-driver returns bogus information about the connected screen - from
xdpyinfo:

screen #0:
  dimensions:    1280x1024 pixels (0x0 millimeters)
  resolution:    -2147483648x-2147483648 dots per inch

This has various weird effects, e.g. absolute-sized fonts don't show at
all in firefox, in random circumstances GTK applications show with
*huge* fonts in menus and everything, etc. - at least I could find no
other reason for this behavior and it started after switch to fglrx.

In Xorg log, I can see:

(**) fglrx(0): Display dimensions: (340, 270) mm
(**) fglrx(0): DPI set to (95, 96)


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=cs_CZ.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages fglrx-driver depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.26     Debian configuration management sy
ii  fglrx-glx                     1:9-5-1    proprietary libGL for the non-free
ii  laptop-detect                 0.13.7     attempt to detect a laptop
ii  libc6                         2.9-12     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdrm2                       2.4.9-2    Userspace interface to kernel DRM 
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.4.0-5  GCC support library
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]      7.4.1-1    A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.2.1-1  X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6                      2:1.0.4-1  X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxinerama1                  2:1.0.3-2  X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxrandr2                    2:1.3.0-2  X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                   1:0.9.4-2  X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  xserver-xorg                  1:7.4+1    the X.Org X server

Versions of packages fglrx-driver recommends:
ii  fglrx-atieventsd        1:9-5-1          external events daemon for the non
ii  fglrx-glx               1:9-5-1          proprietary libGL for the non-free
ii  fglrx-glx-ia32          1:9-5-1          proprietary libGL for the non-free
ii  fglrx-kernel-2.6.29-2-a 1:9-5-1+2.6.29-5 ATI binary kernel module for Linux
ii  fglrx-source            1:9-5-1          kernel module source for the non-f

Versions of packages fglrx-driver suggests:
ii  fglrx-control                 1:9-5-1    control panel for the non-free AMD

-- debconf information:
  fglrx-driver/acpi_switch: false