Description of problem: Here comes an easy one. The drop-down box in DPI settings says "Inch" by default, while the values are presented in millimeters. How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open redhat-config-xfree86 2. Open Advanced -> Set DPI... 3. Check the input fields
That isn't a bug, it is intentional. All monitors and other displays state their dimensions in millimeters, as are the EDID values returned by DDC. If someone is using the values from a monitor's manual, they will be in millimeters always, possibly with inches secondary. The majority of the free world is metric. If we were to change anything, I would suggest changing "DPI" to DP25.4mm". <grin> Closing report as NOTABUG.
I might have misinterpreted you above... not sure. I ran the tool to check that it did what I thought it did, and it does, however I'm not sure now if you are suggesting that the default input should be in inches, or if you're saying it says one thing and does another. Please clarify.
Yes, you misinterpreted me. Having millimeters as default is fine with me, it's just that when you first open the DPI dialog the values are specified in millimeters, although the measurement unit is set to inch. Screenshot: http://users.du.se/~mda/dpidialog.png The very easy fix is to set the default for the drop-down box to Millimeter.
Ah yes, I understand now. Indeed this should be fixed. Also, it should really say "inches" and "millimetres" to sound right vocally. "320 millimetre" or 21.4 "inch" doesn't sound right.
Should be fixed in redhat-config-xfree86-0.7.5-1 in Rawhide. Thanks for your report.