Changing screen DPI settings

[Knapp]

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Jonas Norlander <jonorland at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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

Gimp does all that too. It is under preferences, monitor.


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