Can I set DPI for login window (GDM)?

[Rick Stevens]

Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:59:55 -0500
> Tom Horsley wrote:
> 
>> That's weird. I have the opposite problem with a big monitor. The DPI
>> computed from the actual EDID info is really small so it figures
>> fonts about 4 pixels high will be what it wants.
> 
> Actually, I take that back: I just switched TVs after my old one died,
> and I see the new samsung reports itself as being 160x90 millimeters,
> which, since it is a 46 inch set isn't even remotely correct, so
> if I were to let it use the native 304 DPI that computes, I'd get
> huge fonts too :-).

Perhaps it's in decimeters?  It'd match the size, and Samsung has been
known to do silly things like that.
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