On Fri, 28 May 2004 13:59:02 +0100, you wrote:
If you mean via DDC then I guess this should work in most places,
Yes, I can find the size here back in the /var/log/XFree86.log, similar to what xdpyinfo reports.
but for whatever reason it does not work here :( In particular, xdpyinfo says:
screen #0: dimensions: 1024x768 pixels (321x241 millimeters) resolution: 81x81 dots per inch
So it appears to know the screen size (I measured with a ruler and 321x241 is right), but it gets the DPI too small anyway. At 81 dpi the text is hardly readable.
Sorry, I believe you that your font is too small too read, but dpi means nothing else then dots-per-inch. And you have:
1024 dots per 321/25.4=12.6 inches which is 81.0 dpi.
Are you watching a font with a known size? Try selecting same font and size in eg gnome-terminal. The sizes should be the same.
Rein.