Physical dimmension of display can be obtained not just by configuration or
DDC, but also directly from kernel via drmModeGetConnector(). Until now
xserver silently discarded these values even when no configuration nor EDID
were present and fallbacked to default DPI.
The X server accepts requests from client applications to create windows,
which are (normally rectangular) "virtual screens" that the client program
can draw into.
Windows are then composed on the actual screen by the X server
(or by a separate composite manager) as directed by the window manager,
which usually communicates with the user via graphical controls such as buttons
and draggable titlebars and borders.
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