FC9 xorg.conf

[Todd Denniston]

Robert McBroom (TNWestTex) wrote, On 04/22/2008 11:34 AM:
>> If we're getting these wrong by automatic detection, have ou filed a bug
>> to get that fixed?
>>
> 
>   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=204559 [1]
> 
> This bug report has been ignored for 1.5 years. Still a problem with Rawhide.  
> Legacy NVIDIA cards that the nv driver misses the settings.  
> The width doesn't match the CRT monitor and it is shifted to the left leaving a black band.  
> xvidtune fixes the display.  
> Without the modeline option the system must be retuned each time a X session is started.  
> Automatic detection is nice when it works but a terror when it doesn't.

And even if it does work correctly, there are situations where you get newer 
hardware but the project REQUIRES certain things to stay the same[1]. With X 
the way it is now (pre F10) we can put a modeline in (probably captured from 
the auto config output) and tell X 'for all users'  use THIS definition, and 
there is no tweaking around in each user's window manager configuration[2].


[1] i.e., that 19 inch 800X600 monitor you replaced (try buying a new one with 
that $#!^y of a spec today) with an 19 inch 1920x1200 LCD (multi sync that can 
do 800x600).

[2] there were times I thought X configuration was difficult, but window 
manager configuration is a maze of twisty paths all different and some incapable!

> 
> Robert McBroom
> 
> 
> Links:
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> [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=204559
> 
> 



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Todd Denniston
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Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter