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JosephS

12-30-2008 08:03 PM

How do I set the DPI?

I have a 19" CRT monitor.
I have the screen size set to 1280 x 1024

I'm trying to set the DPI.
I used:

Quote:

startx -- -dpi 96
I also tried writing this in /usr/bin/startx:
defaultserverargs="-dpi 96"

when I use

Code:

xdpyinfo | grep resolution

I get: resolution: 77x82 dots per inch

Why is it not setting the resolution to 96?

Thanks.

nigelc

12-30-2008 09:48 PM

Hello,
I don't know how to do it in Debian, but it's in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
something like this:

Code:

Section "Screen"

        Identifier "Screen0"

        Device    "Videocard0"

        Monitor    "Monitor0"

        DefaultDepth    24

        SubSection "Display"

                Viewport  0 0

                Depth    16

                Modes    "1280x1024"

        EndSubSection

        SubSection "Display"

                Viewport  0 0

                Depth    24

                Modes    "1280x1024"

        EndSubSection

EndSection

Cheers

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