Bug 863669

Summary: xdpyinfo getting wrong screen dimensions and dpi
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Daniel Maia <daniel.fisica>
Component: xorg-x11-serverAssignee: Adam Jackson <ajax>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
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Version: 6.3CC: tpelka
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Description Daniel Maia 2012-10-06 14:00:38 UTC 
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I have a Dell Precision M4600 notebook with a Nvidia Quadro 2000M graphic card.

My problem is that xdpyinfo is getting wrong values:
screen #0:
  dimensions:    1920x1080 pixels (508x286 millimeters)
  resolution:    96x96 dots per inch

I tried to force the correct DisplaySize in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file but it was not respected. My xorg.conf file is attached.

Curiously enough, the correct values are detected by xrandr command:
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
LVDS-1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 194mm
   1920x1080      59.9*+   60.0     39.9  
   1680x1050      60.0  
   1400x1050      60.0  
   1280x1024      59.9  
   1280x960       59.9  
   ...

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.xdpyinfo | grep -B2 resolution
2.xrandr
3.


Expected Results:  
xdpyinfo would get correct screen dimensions and dpi or at least respect the DisplaySize informed in xorg.conf

I tried to install nvidia proprietary driver but it also presented the same mistake. I later uninstalled nvidia proprietary driver and came back to the default nouveau driver.
Comment 1 Daniel Maia 2012-10-06 14:01:57 UTC 
Created attachment 622717 [details]
xorg.conf
Comment 3 Adam Jackson 2012-10-10 13:54:27 UTC 
Yes, xdpyinfo will lie.  It has to.  That DPI number is sent once at X client connection time and there's no way to refresh it if the monitor configuration changes.  It's also _one_ number, which means it can't help but be a lie if you have multiple displays connected.

The DPI values in xrandr are computed from the EDID of the attached display device, which means they can be (and apparently are) correct per-output.

DisplaySize being ignored is probably a bug though.
Comment 4 Daniel Maia 2012-10-10 16:21:07 UTC 
Could you please confirm if the DisplaySize is really being ignored (so a bug) or if it is just my xorg.conf that is not properly written?
I am trying without sucess to make nvidia-settings recognize the correct display size and maybe I should just quit if it is really a bug.
Comment 5 Tomas Pelka 2013-05-09 12:30:54 UTC 
(In reply to comment #4)
> Could you please confirm if the DisplaySize is really being ignored (so a
> bug) or if it is just my xorg.conf that is not properly written?
> I am trying without sucess to make nvidia-settings recognize the correct
> display size and maybe I should just quit if it is really a bug.

Adam could you please reply Daniels question and probably close this issue?

Thanks
Tom
Comment 6 Adam Jackson 2013-05-10 17:33:38 UTC 
In RANDR 1.2 the Monitor keyword in the Screen section doesn't really mean anything anymore.  You need to associate Monitors with specific outputs in the Device section:

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nouveau"
    Option         "Monitor-LVDS-1" "Monitor0"
EndSection

Please reopen if that doesn't fix this for you.