xdpyinfo size error

[Alan Coopersmith]

On 8/31/19 2:04 AM, Kovács Zsolt wrote:
> xdpyinfo
> 
> screen #0:
>    dimensions:    1920x1080 pixels (508x286 millimeters) 
> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< False
>    resolution:    96x96 dots per inch

xdpyinfo reports the size provided by the X server in the core protocol.
The Xorg server defaults this size to 96 dpi for various reasons.

For excruciating discussion on why this is considered not to be a bug see:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23705

and for what could be done instead, see:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xorg#Setting_DPI_manually
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/issues/253

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