Everything is too big in 1600x1200

[Kok, Auke]

Chris G wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 01:29:31PM -0800, Kok, Auke wrote:
>> Chris G wrote:
>>> I just did a clean install of xubuntu instead of my original ubuntu
>>> with xfce added on as an afterthought.
>>>
>>> It went more smoothly than my original ubuntu 8.10 installation,
>>> probably because a few of the rough edges have now been smoothed out.
>>>
>>> However I have a problem, I've set the resolution to 1600x1200 (my
>>> monitor's native resolution) and everything is much too big.  Default
>>> fonts are huge and even 8 point is rather large.  What's causing this
>>> and how do I fix it?  Is it something to do with DPI and, if so, how
>>> do I fix that?
>> you can use the user interface settings panel to override monitor dpi settings.
>>
>> it couls be because your monitor is lying about it's actual size, or because of an
>> X server bug.
>>
> Setting the font DPI to 100 seems to have fixed things.
> 
> Since my monitor screen is exactly 16" wide and the horizontal
> resolution is 1600 I presume that 100dpi is the right setting.
> 


it's easy to verify - just check and see if vertically your screen measures 12" :)