Bug#285029: DPI default setting to 96

[Paul van Tilburg]

Hi,

Not to complain or anything, but I disagree with Pelle's statement.
GNOME is at fault here.  It should not override the value with 96.
GNOME font settings should retrieve the DPI setting from X, and then:
 * use the value 96 if it wasn't retrievable,
 * use the value if it is overriden by the user in the font properties,
 * use the retrieved value.
Then gdm should follow what is used by the GNOME font settings.
It seems however that people among who Owen Taylor do not share
this opinion.

I have monitors with 30 dpi, 110 dpi and 80 dpi and my font sizes set to
9, 10pt (the whole world uses 12pt fonts because Windows always uses
such hardcoded DPI settings on reslative low-res screens of the past
years), so I'd prefer X (and hopefully gdm) to follow this res.  
Also have I not found any detection problems with all monitors I have at
home or at the university, but I can be lucky.

Greetings,

Paul

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