Comment 37 for bug 118745
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| Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote Re: Font sizes in Gutsy are vulnerable to bad X.org DPI detection | #37 |
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(Get the code!)
Fwiw, bulletproof-x is just a failsafe mode for X, and wouldn't have any bearing on this issue.
It sort of sounds like the issue here is that Gnome is guessing the correct dpi by looking at the refresh rates. Unfortunately, in most cases the refresh rates are themselves just guesses done by the xorg postinstall script when xresprobe fails to detect the card (which happens a lot). If this is indeed the case, then basing a guess on top of a guess is bound to lead to rather unpredictable failures.
In talking with seb128 about this, it sounds like the best option for now is to go back to a hardcoded dpi setting.
Assuming my hypothesis is correct, a couple workarounds to try would be to a) try running with no xorg.conf. b) try fixing the HorizSync and VertRefresh settings in the Monitor section of your xorg.conf (see your monitor for correct settings). No guarantees that this would fix things in all circumstances, but if they fix it in at least some, then that is added evidence that the core issue here is mis-detected refresh rates (which is bug 3731).