Changing screen DPI settings

[Jonas Norlander]

2008/10/27 Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com>:
> I use Kubuntu 8.04 with KDE 3.5.10. The KDE 3 series was designed,
> like most user interfaces, for 72 DPI monitors. However, my 1680x1050
> 15.4" laptop has a DPI of about 128, which makes text and UI elements
> tiny. How can one configure the screen DPI in Kubuntu? I have been all
> over Kcontrol and cannot find it. In Windows it is very easy to find
> by clicking on the desktop properties and following the obvious
> settings trail. Note that I know how to change the text size, but DPI
> affects other interface elements as well.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> Dotan Cohen

I found this on the gentoo wiki. The site is down so you have to use
googles cached:
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:9dzqFHNpCoEJ:gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Set_DPI_(Dots_Per_Inch)+xorg.conf+dpi&hl=sv&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=se&client=firefox-a

/ Jonas