Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.2) Installed from: Ubuntu Packages It would be nice if we could change the dpi setting of the x server in the font settings.
Why?
because on my laptop, when i use the binary ATI driver, the fonts get huge, and the problem is that the dpi setting is "wrong". i had to search for the option for 1-2 days. i heard that in gnome ou can just change it in the font settings, so i think such a option, that should be quite easy to implement, would be a nice thing for kde.
It would lead to wrong behaviour. The DPI isn't something you can change because it's a physical property. You can change the screen resolution, though. However, if the screen size has been misdetected -- and that is far too often the case -- then you should fix in xorg.conf so that all applications and all users benefit from it, instead of relying on KDE doing the right thing when loaded (what happens if you use another environment?). WONTFIX for me.
you are right, its just that for me as a user right now there is no other way than changing the dpi by hand right now. i dont even know where to report that bug about the wrong dpi right now, because i think the detected dpi is "correct" according to the specs if found about my laptop (129 dpi) but wrong if i want the right size of the fonts (i need 96 dpi. so, perhaps its a ati binary driver bug (the open source ones dont have it), and how i know ati, it will never get fixed. so i need another sollution
Break out a ruler and measure your laptop's screen width. Divide your resolution (in pixels) by your width (in inches). You've got the DPI. Compare that to the value reported by X: xdpyinfo | grep dots
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