> Using XFree 4.x and a recent monitor, everything is
> automatic! The monitor is able to tell the X server
> its physical dimensions, and the server computes
> the value. That's cool.  :-)

Indeed. However adding the line

        DisplaySize  365        274

where the two numbers are the horizontal and vertical screen size (in
mm), respectively, to the Monitor section should also do the trick. If
the monitor won't tell the size automatically, X defaults to these
values instead (the dpi is calculated automatically).

Of course, with this method you need to measure the view area, but a
soft ruler will easily do the trick. :-)

-- 
Ole Laursen
http://sunsite.dk/olau/

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