Description of problem: My laptop screen is 1920x1200 pixels and 366x228 mm (14.4x9.0 inch). xdpyinfo tells me the screen is 372x231 mm which is close enough. The calculated dpi of my screen is therefore 133 in both directions, and xdpyinfo says its 131x132. However, screenruler tells me the screen is 487x305 mm (19.2x12.0 inch) which is way off. Looking at the numbers, I realize screenruler just seems to use 100 dpi. This makes the program utterly useless to measure anything other than pixels. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1.start screenruler 2.start measuring 3. Actual results: screenruler just uses 100 dpi to convert pixels to cm and inch. Expected results: screenruler should use the actual dpi of the screen. Additional info:
Oops, forgot to add the verion number: screenruler-0.85-2.fc9.noarch.
Some more information: When I tried this, my Gnome appearance settings (System->Preferences->Look and Feel->Appearance, Fonts tab, Details...) were 100 dpi. Today I discovered that setting and changed it to the correct 133. After I did that, screenruler used the new setting. I guess this begs the question, why are there two settings for dpi? One which is correct (in that it actually relates physical pixels with real world inches) and one which is unrelated to any reality. I am going to revert the dpi settings in Gnome to 100 since it really screws up all font settings. But this is unrelated to screenruler.
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