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xorg-server package

  1. Bug #589485
  2. Comment #36

Comment 36 for bug 589485

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In , Nick Bowler (nbowler) wrote :

(In reply to comment #34)
> I have a laptop with 14' LCD 1400x1050 (286mm x 214mm). So screen is
> very smooth and my correct DPI is about 124x124. Now, with forced
> 96x96 DPI I have to use very small fonts (DejaVu Sans 7pt) to get
> reasonable output on this screen.

If the X server resolution is set smaller than the actual, then fonts
will be smaller than expected, not larger.

> (**) intel(0): DPI set to (363, 486)

This looks to me like a different problem: your log shows the resolution
being set to a phenomenally huge (and not even square) value.