A.E.Lawrence wrote:
> Jim Hague wrote:
>> On Tuesday 10 Nov 2009 09:04:20 Jim Hague wrote:
>>> Run xdpyinfo and look for something like:
>
> Thanks to the help from Malcolm and Jim, I have found the problem.
> The ddc module which probes the monitor reports the size in cm, but
> xdpyinfo has these same figures with mm:
>
> ddc:-
> (II) NV(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 33 vert.: 25
>
> xdptinfo:-
> screen #0:
> dimensions: 1600x1200 screen #0:
> dimensions: 1600x1200 pixels (33x25 millimeters)
> pixels (33x25 millimeters)
>
> Now all I have to do is find out what is mis-calculating so I can report
> the bug :-)
I am embarrassed to say that I have found the bug: it was in the monkey
on the keyboard.
I had a DisplaySize in xorg.conf which was in cm when man xorg.conf
tells me it should be in mm. I have no idea why this only showed up with
a package upgrade - maybe before the probe from ddc took precedence.
Anyway, sorry for all the noise, but I learnt a little :-)
Adrian