Unreliable measurements

Bug #2019205 reported by Ricky Tigg
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Bug Description

## Context

- Installed mesa3d.org's drivers: v. 23.0.3
- Tested on: Gnome (on Fedora)
- Laptop tested presented as follows by the vendor: _15.6-inch, FHD (1920 x 1080) 16:9 aspect ratio_.
- _Image size in full screen as measured with a **physical ruler**_ | Matches the size values reported by `xrandr` while running in session started on **X.org**; thus 34.4 cm x 19.3 cm (**15,529237982 inches**).

```
$ xrandr | grep ' connected'
eDP-1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 193mm
```

Worth noting is the language abuse of the vendor, since rounding **15.53** to one decimal, makes **15.5** not **15.6**.

## Description

- Unreliable measurements for _x_ and _y_ axis under Wayland and X.org; as rule observed, _the higher the resolution is, the higher the measured values are_. Reported: _55,77 cm x 27,70 cm_.
- Identical measurements for _x_ and _y_ axis under Wayland and X.org, for a given resolution. That is at least an adequate behaviour.

## EDID values

`edid-decode /sys/class/drm/card_/card_-eDP-_/edid`

```
  Detailed Timing Descriptors:
    DTD 1: 1920x1080 60.007852 Hz 16:9 67.929 kHz 152.840000 MHz (344 mm x 193 mm
```

```
$ monitor-get-edid | monitor-parse-edid | awk 'NF'
EISA ID: CMN15f5
EDID version: 1.4
EDID extension blocks: 0
Screen size: 34.4 cm x 19.3 cm (15.53 inches, aspect ratio 16/9 = 1.78)
Gamma: 2.2
Digital signal
 # Monitor preferred modeline (60.0 Hz vsync, 67.9 kHz hsync, ratio 16/9, 141 dpi)
 ModeLine "1920x1080" 152.84 1920 2000 2060 2250 1080 1086 1094 1132 -hsync -vsync
```

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