fontsize and dpi

[Andrew Gallatin]

Andreas Hauser writes:
 > des wrote @ Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:08:40 +0200:
 > > Andreas Hauser <andy at splashground.de> writes:
 > > > See here e.g., it works with D-SUB but not DVI
 > > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3654
 > > > It also works with the nvidia driver, unfortunatly there is none for
 > > > freebsd/amd64.
 > > 
 > > There is no reference to physical dimensions or resolution in the bug
 > > report you quote.
 > 
 > It just shows that DDC is not perfect, the panel is 20,4" 1600x1200 in reality.
 > The monitor reports 160 MHz while the VESA Mode needs 162. Why it does not take
 > my Modeline override or why it works with the nvidia i don't know, and offtopic.
 > 

The nv driver is a lot less forgiving than the nvidia driver.  I had a
5200 in my desktop for a while, and nv refused to run at 1600x1200 on
my Dell 2001FP which reports a 162MHz clock.  The radeon driver
also just works, and doesn't care.

This monitor has its own quirk, where it reports its size incorrectly
(off by 4mm or so) which causes X to calculate a non-square dpi (98x99
or something).   This is easily fixed by forcing the display size..

Drew