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It appears that as of Ubuntu 11.10 there is no longer ANY way to correct
incorrectly detected DPI.  This needs to be fixed rather urgently before
12.04 is released...

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Title:
  Allow to set DPI resolution

Status in GNOME Control Center:
  Expired
Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Computer -> System Configuration -> Screen Resolution should not only allow to
  set widht, height, and frequency, but also the physical resolution of the
  monitor. A friend of mine got 1600x1200 as default resolution, which makes
  characters far too small to be readable.

  Instead of specifying a DPI number directly (which is somewhat abstract), there
  should be two rulers displayed; either the user measures them with a "hardware
  ruler" and enters the lengths of the displayed rulers (much like GIMP does), or
  there is a slider for each direction which scale the displayed rulers until they
  match the hardware ruler.

  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153634:
  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153634

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