Re: 2.3.1_rc1
Re: 2.3.1_rc1
- Subject: Re: 2.3.1_rc1
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:26:26 +0000
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From: Brandon Allbery <email@hidden>
> On 2008 Aug 21, at 18:50, email@hidden wrote:
> > I have included my xdpyinfo output below. My two monitors are:
> > Top (external) 1600 x 1200 (this monitor has the menu bar on top)
> > Bottom (laptop) 1680 x 2250
> >
> > xdpyinfo reports the screen size as 1680 x 2250. The 2250 dimension
> > is the sum of the two screen heights. Should that number be smaller
> > to exclude the menu bar, or is it supposed to
>
> That's your problem, if you wanted them to not be joined like that. I
> believe I've seen on this list that the menubar's space is included.
> (Personally, I'd like both the menubar and the dock excluded.)
I agree - the present way (in my case) yields a situation I can not recover from.
Excluding the menubar size is inherently safe. I noticed there is a full-screen option in the X11 preferences. Depending on which way that is checked, perhaps the reported screen size should change to include or exclude the menubar height. Catering for the dock (mine is hidden automatically) might be problematic - adding/subtracting stuff to that on the fly can change the dock height.
>
> > Interestingly, it also thinks everything is 75dpi. I haven't seen a
> > 75dpi screen in eons...
>
> That's the X11 default, and suggests the video driver isn't reporting
> the right information.
or X11 is ignoring it...
>
> --
> brandon s. allbery [solaris,freebsd,perl,pugs,haskell] email@hidden
> system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] email@hidden
> electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university KF8NH
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