Bug#285029: X server should be started with "-dpi 96"

[Per Olofsson]

Josselin Mouette:
> Le vendredi 18 mars 2005 à 23:37 +0100, Per Olofsson a écrit :
> > I think the X server should be started with "-dpi 96", since that it
> > what Gnome sets the dpi to anyway when it starts. This makes the font
> > sizes consistent and more likely to be correct.
> 
> Why? Some X drivers detect the dpi automatically, this would remove that
> functionality arbitrarily.

True, but I don't think the value detected by the monitor is very
useful. The value often seems to be wrong, and most images aren't
scaled according to the dpi, making them inconsistent with the text. In
any case, Gnome sets the dpi to 96 when you log in so the value set by
the driver gets lost anyway. Also see this post:
<http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2003-November/msg00227.html>.

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Pelle