Default Xserver Resolution

Harold L Hunt II huntharo@msu.edu
Wed Mar 10 04:59:00 GMT 2004


You need to use the "-dpi 100" option for XWin.exe.  I would suggest 
doing that first from a Cygwin bash shell to try it, then edit your 
startup script to add the option permanently.

Harold

Andrew Blakey wrote:

> Is there a way to force the Xserver to start with 100dpi X 100dpi
> resolution?
> 
> I am running Cygwin and Xwin on a laptop with 1600 x 1200 windows resolution
> and the fonts with 75dpi X 75dpi resolution are quite small.  I have all
> relevant fonts installed and tried to change the fontpath to have 100dpi
> fonts listed first using the -fp switch.  I have also tried adding -dpi 100
> to the Xservers file.
> 
> Thanks
> Andrew
> 
> 



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