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  1. Bug #589485
  2. Comment #17

Comment 17 for bug 589485

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In , Nick Bowler (nbowler) wrote :

Created an attachment (id=33081)
Add "DontLie" server flag, to encourage honesty.

In case anyone's interested, here's the patch I've been applying which adds a so-called "knob" to restore the original behaviour. Maybe the flag can be extended to avoid other lies in the future.

xfree86: Add DontLie server flag.

Since commit fff00df94d7ebd18a8e24537ec96073717375a3f, RandR 1.2 drivers
lie about the resolution of the attached screen by default. When the
reported resolution is wrong, fonts and other UI elements that use
physical units are not sized correctly.

This patch adds a new server flag, DontLie, which encourages the server
to be honest by default.

Signed-off-by: Nick Bowler <email address hidden>