[arch-general] PS: xdpyinfo displays wrong "dimension" values

[Daniel Martin]

On 10 August 2017 at 17:30, Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Aug 2017 16:39:33 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ xdpyinfo | grep "screen" -A2 # HDMI LCD on
>>and VGA CRT off
>>default screen number:    0
>>number of screens:    1
>>
>>screen #0:
>>  dimensions:    1920x1080 pixels (506x285 millimeters)
>>  resolution:    96x96 dots per inch
>                   ^^^^^
>
> [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ xdpyinfo | grep "screen" -A2 # HDMI LCD on
> and VGA CRT off default screen number:    0
> number of screens:    1
>
> screen #0:
>   dimensions:    1920x1080 pixels (502x282 millimeters)
>   resolution:    97x97 dots per inch
>                  ^^^^^
> Seemingly xdpyinfo is buggy, not only the millimeters are wrong, also
> the dpi value isn't always the same.

Yes, it is buggy, there's a proposed patch:
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2017-May/053743.html

Are you able to test and verify it? That may help to get the patch
into the repository.


Cheers, Daniel