David.Monniaux@xxxxxx (2001-06-08 at 1922.52 +0200): > > Last time I tried XF4 (3.3.6 now, it was just a test) the logs shown > > the monitor size fine. It works if your card and monitor can talk DDC. > > Maybe some daily users of XF4 could report what is going now. > It seems to me (XF 4.1.0) that XFree86 gets the size of the monitor but > does not set the dpi according to it. > A system-dependent workaround is to grep the information in the X logs. The log I have has things like: (--) MGA(0): Display dimensions: (33, 25) cm (--) MGA(0): DPI set to (88, 87) and: (II) MGA(0): Gamma: 2.10 ... (==) MGA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) Maybe it is only works with some card / monitor combos. GSR
