the difference between 1.38 and 1.5 dpi in the displays settings is huge

[graingert]

1.38 is far too small, 1.5 is far too big.

I used to use 1.62 on ubuntu 16.10 and that was fine.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+16ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-8.10-generic 4.10.0-rc8
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-8-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7
Date: Thu Feb 23 22:25:26 2017
DistUpgraded: 2017-02-23 15:19:02,158 DEBUG icon theme changed, re-reading
DistroCodename: zesty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Iris Graphics 6100 [8086:162b] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Apple Inc. Iris Graphics 6100 [106b:013f]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-13 (10 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05ac:8406 Apple, Inc.
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ac:0273 Apple, Inc.
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05ac:8290 Apple, Inc.
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro12,1
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.10.0-8-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/lvm-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-02-23 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 12/23/2016
dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.bios.version: MBP121.88Z.0167.B21.1612230252
dmi.board.name: Mac-E43C1C25D4880AD6
dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.board.version: MacBookPro12,1
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Mac-E43C1C25D4880AD6
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP121.88Z.0167.B21.1612230252:bd12/23/2016:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro12,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-E43C1C25D4880AD6:rvrMacBookPro12,1:cvnAppleInc.:ct9:cvrMac-E43C1C25D4880AD6:
dmi.product.name: MacBookPro12,1
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.13.1+17.04.20170109-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.75-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 13.0.4-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 13.0.4-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu9
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.2-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.8.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160706-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.13-1
xserver.bootTime: Thu Feb 23 22:23:05 2017
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu9
xserver.video_driver: modeset

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 17.04 (zesty) reached end-of-life on January 13, 2018.

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