On Sun, Oct 17, 2004 at 12:52:49PM +0000, Michael Shields wrote: > Package: xserver-xfree86 > Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 > Followup-For: Bug #273571 > > I think this bug is much more than a wishlist item, as widescreen > laptops are now a large and fast-growing share of the market. According > to <http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/09/28/HNtosh_1.html>, they were > 36.6% of US retail sales in August 2004. > > The 1280x854 mode should be offered in debconf's list of proposed video > modes. You can exhort and quote marketing statistics all you like. The simple fact is, I have asked for modelines in the past and not gotten them. For instance, I asked for modelines for the 17" Apple PowerBook on debian-powerpc, and was answered with stony silence. It's really simple -- if you want fixes applied for hardware I don't own, give me patches. If widescreen laptop users want X to care about them, they're going to have to start caring about X. -- G. Branden Robinson | If you make people think they're Debian GNU/Linux | thinking, they'll love you; but if branden@debian.org | you really make them think, they'll http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | hate you. -- Don Marquis
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