On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 4:26 AM, William Case <billlinux@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-07-07 at 15:38 -0500, Adam Rigg wrote: >> On 07/07/2010 01:56 PM, William Case wrote: >> > Checked the Gnome Bugzilla site. Read the reference page. Seemed like >> > Gnome Bugzilla was for Bugs only. I wat to file a request for >> > enhancement of screenruler. >> > >> http://live.gnome.org/IanMcIntosh >> http://gnomecoder.wordpress.com/screenruler/ >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/screenruler >> >> The project maintainer is listed on gnome.org (1st link above), where a >> link to the ScreenRuler project hosted on Wordpress is given (2nd link). >> At the bottom of the Wordpress hosted page, a link to the launchpad >> developers' site is given with the heading of "bugs, ideas, requests" >> appearing above the link. In addition to bugs, questions can also be >> posted on launchpad.net. >> >> Depending on the request and your experience, you might spark more >> interest with developers if you are willing to collaborate on the work >> that it takes to produce any desired changes. Either way, I suppose it >> doesn't hurt to ask. >> > Will look into all three. My problem is a simple one. The measurements > on my screen with screenruler are accurate for pixels. The measurements > in inches and centimetres are off by 125%. There must be a simple way > to set up something in preferences or gconf-editor to make the > adjustment. I am not a programmer. I am not familiar with all the technical issues of pixel size and DPI. I would suggest to check the DPI settings (System/Preferences/Fonts/Details...). In addition, verify that the monitor gives the correct EDID data. See http://polypux.org/projects/read-edid/ If you use Ubuntu, there is a read-edid package. It's a command line tool. EDID is information that your computer can retrieve from the monitor (VGA, HDMI at least) using the graphics card. The X server can do that do, so you may find the info in /etc/X11/Xorg.0.log as well. If you indeed verify that the problem is with the software, then I would suggest you can find a report (enhancement) for the 'gtk+' product, at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=gtk%2B Simos _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
