[mythtv-users] OT - How to find what is overriding my DPI setting

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Mon Jan 13 11:46:17 UTC 2014


On 01/12/2014 10:28 PM, Jeremy Jones wrote:
> Some Background:
>
> I have an older widescreen plasma with a native resolution of 1024x768.
>   Yep that means I have 'non-square' pixels.  I am using nvidia proprietary
> driver version 319. My Distro is mythbuntu.  To make my videos display
> correctly in myth I have to set the DPI in xorg.conf to "48 x 64". This
> setting is being read, because it tells me so in Xorg.0.log.
>
> I had this problem previously with this same computer hardware / TV /
> MythTV setup. Last time another user pointed me to the lightdm.conf file,
> where the DPI hardcoded.  That's not the case this time.  What changed? I
> changed AV receivers and the sound over hdmi would not work after a period
> of non-use. In my attempts to fix this I installed different nvidia
> drivers, and subsequently screwed up X.
>
> I now have X working again, but I'm not sure what all I did in my attempts.
>   I do know I did a clean install of the nvidia driver 319.  I also fixed my
> sound issue.  Anyone having that issue I can help now.
>
> The question:
>
> I can't find what is overriding my dpi setting.  How do I track that down?
>   I've looked at every config file I could find and every log file that I
> could find.  I've even starting trying to go though the logic in some
> startup scripts.
>
> I posted my logs here:  http://pastebin.com/npLtTbC8 , in case anyone wants
> to take a look.
>
> Thanks for any pointers as I am exhausted from looking.

Check, also the X startup to make sure it's not X -dpi 100 or startx -- 
-dpi 100 or similar.

Mike


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