Bug 12219

Summary:	randr isn't updating the height and width with screen size changes.
Product:	xorg	Reporter:	Christian Henz <chrhenz>
Component:	Server/General	Assignee:	Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:	Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium
Version:	7.2 (2007.02)
Hardware:	x86 (IA32)
OS:	Linux (All)
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Description Christian Henz 2007-08-30 02:40:48 UTC

(I originally reported this against kdm in the Debian BTS, but I have since found out that it also happens with xdm and plain startx, as well as icewm instead of kde.)

To recap:

When first starting X, the font in the kdm login screen looks too big. After logging in, the font on the desktop/menus look too big. When logging out and returning to the kdm login screen, the font size looks correct. It stays that way until the X server is restarted.

Original report/logs are here:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=432598

Distro: Debian unstable
Graphics HW: Intel G965
Driver: Intel 2.1.1
Xorg: 7.2 / 1.3.0

Comment 1 Christian Henz 2007-09-27 06:13:22 UTC

As it turns out, this issue is related to X choosing the wrong mode
when first starting (kdm). Subsequently, even after setting the correct
mode (via xrandr), font sizes are not what they are supposed to be.

I now force the correct mode with a Modeline and PreferredMode in
xorg.conf, which seems to fix the font problems as well.

Comment 2 Alexandre Garcia 2007-12-08 08:42:08 UTC

Same here. In gnome and kde the font is ok, but in fluxbox, enlightenment, kdm, gdm the font is too big.
A versions ago this problem don't happened.

Comment 3 Jesse Adkins 2010-11-30 20:10:13 UTC

From looking at the Debian bug, I see this on one :

screen #0:
  dimensions:    1280x1024 pixels (338x203 millimeters)
  resolution:    96x128 dots per inch

and this on the other :

screen #0:
  dimensions:    1280x1024 pixels (338x270 millimeters)
  resolution:    96x96 dots per inch

So this is basically randr not updating the screen dimensions when changing the modes. This is probably a duplicate of another bug. If so, I'll find out later.

Comment 4 Adam Jackson 2018-06-12 18:44:01 UTC

Mass closure: This bug has been untouched for more than six years, and is not obviously still valid. Please file a new report if you continue to experience issues with a current server.

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