Bug#273571: xserver-xfree86: Widescreen modes patch
On Sat, 2004-10-23 at 17:19 -0400, Jonathan Polley wrote:
> I have added a slew of modes that I automatically generated for the 16:9
> and 16:10 aspect ratios. They test successfully on my 20" monitor using
> a DVI connection, at least the ones below 1600x1050, its native
> resolution. It does not appear to be possible to run this monitor off
> of an analog VGA connection, so they have not been tested in that mode.
> Also, DDC is not able to automatically detect the parameters for my
> monitor, so I have to manually set values for vsync and hsync in my
> xf86config to use some of these modes, but that is neither here nor there.
>
> If you have any comments on how I made the patch, feel free to let me
> know and I will try to be accomodating.
The list of modes seems a little excessive to me. At least with the
radeon driver, as long as the monitor information is correct, you merely
have to specify the resolutions you want to use in the Display
subsection Modes line, and the driver will calculate the mode timings on
the fly. It would be good to have the native modes of popular panels for
other drivers though.
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