[Bug 190489] New: General DPI setting should work and should be more configurable

[Nicolas Bigaouette]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190489

           Summary: General DPI setting should work and should be more
                    configurable
           Product: kde
           Version: 4.2.2
          Platform: Unlisted Binaries
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: nbigaouette at gmail.com


Version:            (using KDE 4.2.2)
Compiler:          gcc 4.3.3 ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared
--enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --enable-threads=posix
--mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-__cxa_atexit
--disable-multilib --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --enable-clocale=gnu
--disable-libstdcxx-pch --with-tune=generic
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Unspecified Linux

I have a 1920x1200 15' monitor. Ideally, dpi should be 146 or 147 so fonts are
readable.

There is an option in System Settings -> Appearence -> Fonts -> Force DPI
with two choices: 96 or 120. Setting it to 120 helps a bit, but I think it is
set to 96. Visiting http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/auth/dpi-screen-window.html tells
me I'm using 96.
Here is a screenshot:
http://yfrog.com/e9kdedpip

I think it should be configurable to whatever is needed, not only two choices.
An option I will try is to add "-dpi 146" to kdmrc's [X-:*-Core]'s
ServerArgsLocal.

Maybe it could be a KDM option?

Thanx!

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