Bug#505884: release-notes: (Squeeze update) Problem with the default resolution on some computers with TV output.
reopen 505884
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Hello,
The Lenny release notes contain the following in issues.dbk:
<section id="vga-output-bug">
<title>Desktop not using full screen</title>
<para>
The driver for Intel Mobile GM965 may wrongly detect a
<acronym>VGA</acronym> output and set the size of the screen to a
lower value to accomodate it. The symptom of this bug is that the
desktop manager will only use a fraction of the screen. Correct
behaviour can be forced by adding the following lines to the
<filename>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</filename> configuration file.
<programlisting>Section "Monitor"
Identifier "VGA"
Option "Ignore" "true"
EndSection</programlisting>
Please refer to the bug <ulink
url="&url-bts;496169">#496169</ulink> for more informations.
</para>
</section>
The bug is still there in Squeeze, but there is a change: the VGA ouptut is
named ‘VGA1’ instead of ‘VGA’. I propose the following addition to the Squeeze
release notes:
<section id="vga-output-bug">
<title>Desktop not using full screen</title>
<para>
The driver for Intel Mobile GM965 may wrongly detect a
<acronym>VGA</acronym> output and set the size of the screen to a
lower value to accomodate it. The symptom of this bug is that the
desktop manager will only use a fraction of the screen. Correct
behaviour can be forced by adding the following lines to the
<filename>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</filename> configuration file.
<programlisting>Section "Monitor"
Identifier "VGA1"
Option "Ignore" "true"
EndSection</programlisting>
Users upgrading from Lenny who are already affected by that bug
need to replace ‘VGA’ by ‘VGA1’ in <filename>/etc/X11/xorg.conf
</filename>. Please refer to the bug <ulink
url="&url-bts;496169">#496169</ulink> for more informations.
</para>
</section>
Have a nice day,
--
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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