DisplaySize setting not honored

[wdha]

This is similar to Bug #135738, occurs in Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope:

I have this in my xorg.conf:

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Configured Monitor"
 ModelName "HP LP2475w"
 DisplaySize 518 325
EndSection

However, xdpyinfo reports that it's not using it:

screen #0:
  dimensions: 1920x1200 pixels (546x352 millimeters)

According to Bug #135738 this Bug had been sold in prior Distributions.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hi wdha,

Please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn`, and attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log (and maybe Xorg.0.log.old) file from after reproducing this issue. If you've made any customizations to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf please attach that as well.

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[diehardyouth (withfalseemotion)]

I'm having the same issue:

[diehardyouth (withfalseemotion)]

While in xorg.conf the DPI settings are not honored... I found a temporary workaround in /etc/gdm/gdm.conf

Under the [server-Standard] heading in the command variable

add -dpi X to the argument list where X is the number you want
like...

command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -dpi 102 -br -audit 0

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

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Hi wdha,

This bug was reported against an earlier version of Ubuntu, can you
test if it still occurs on Lucid?

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bug 377272 in your report if you think it may be related):

  ubuntu-bug xorg

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[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.