From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3248 invoked by alias); 16 Dec 2015 09:27:06 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 3233 invoked by uid 89); 16 Dec 2015 09:27:05 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FSL_HELO_BARE_IP_2,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: plane.gmane.org Received: from plane.gmane.org (HELO plane.gmane.org) (80.91.229.3) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Wed, 16 Dec 2015 09:27:04 +0000 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1a98ML-0003gb-0P for cygwin@cygwin.com; Wed, 16 Dec 2015 10:26:57 +0100 Received: from 217.10.52.10 ([217.10.52.10]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2015 10:26:56 +0100 Received: from Stromeko by 217.10.52.10 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2015 10:26:56 +0100 To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Achim Gratz Subject: Re: XWin dpi setting not working? Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 09:27:00 -0000 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2015-12/txt/msg00171.txt.bz2 Wei Ku hotmail.com> writes: > My recently purchased laptop has a rather high resolution 3200x1800, > corresponding to roughly 300 dpi. Consequently, everything looks tiny in > the default setting of the Cygwin X server. Adding an option "-dpi 300" to XWin > XWin does not seem to have any effect. (The cygserver is enabled.) Can a > any one please advise how to solve / workaround this issue? Thanks in a > advance for the great help. If the monitor reports the correct physical dimensions of the screen, then the dpi are usually determined correctly without any manual intervention (note that in some cases the physical dimensions are "faked" to get integer multiples of 96dpi or to set the pixel aspect ratio to 1:1). Your expectation that somehow that DPI setting will influence the presentation of X applications is on shaky ground, however. HiDPI support for X11 is rudimentary at best and many applications use bitmap fonts or fixed resolution graphics by default. You may try to use a scaled display (either 2:1 or 3:1 in your case) or if you know which applications you are going to use fiddle with their defaults to adapt them to your display better. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HiDPI Regards, Achim. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple