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[Bug 589485] Re: Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

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From: Sergio Callegari <sergio.callegari@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 21:20:02 -0000
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I would also add that in the case of multiple screens with different
features (e.g. laptop screen + desktop monitor), it would be great to
have different dpi values and apps notified of the dpi change when they
are moved from one screen to another.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/589485

Title:
  Ignores physical display size and calculates based on 96DPI

Status in X.Org X server:
  Confirmed
Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The X server, starting with 1.7, ignores the physical size reported by
  the EDID or in xorg.conf and calculates it based on screen resolution
  and a DPI of 96.

  This is rather annoying for users of high DPI screens.

  GNOME and KDE (used?) to set 96 DPI by default in their settings.  We
  should check whether they still do, and if so let them handle this; I
  don't think X should be handling this.

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