bug or what?

**xylex_blaiste** · 09-02-2003

last week i set my dpi according to my monitor's l,w dimensions. there was nothing noticeable that happened after that. all GUI programs were fine until last night.

i ran openoffice writer and could only see the file menu on screen - the letters "file" as big as the screen. i thought there was a trial period for this application, and that it was doing this on purpose. it was highly unlikely though, i thought. why not just prevent the whole program from starting up.

thankfully i remembered i changed the dpi resolution, and i set it to 0s and the problem was solved...

is this suppose to happen? or was it a bug or something else?

**Dolda2000** · 09-02-2003

What DPI did you set it to?

**bpark** · 09-02-2003

How important is it to have both sets (75 and 100) installed?

**Dolda2000** · 09-02-2003

I'm sorry that I didn't answer that before... I forgot it every single time. It's not that important at all. The 100 DPI fonts might look better if you're running on a 100 DPI monitor, but that's about it.

**bpark** · 09-02-2003

How can you tell if you are running a 100dpi monitor? Last time I used them, the fonts were nice and big but it really wasn't proportional to the applications so I deleted them.

**Dolda2000** · 09-02-2003

Just measure it and divide your resolution with the measurements.

**bpark** · 09-03-2003

Uh, if this sounds stupid then I apologize but exactly what am I measuring?

**Dolda2000** · 09-03-2003

The actual size of your visible area, in inches. That is DPI, after all: dots per inch. On a computer screen, the dots are pixels. Usually, the resolution is actually autoprobed over EDID, but it can be set manually in /etc/X11/XF86Config.

**bpark** · 09-03-2003

Isn't that just the resolution?

**Dolda2000** · 09-03-2003

Indeed, it's just that when it comes to computer monitors, resolution tends to refer to the number of visible pixels.

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