retitle 284581 xserver-xfree86: want built-in modeline for WSXGA (1680x1050) severity 284581 wishlist tag 284581 + upstream moreinfo thanks On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 10:42:31AM +0000, Duncan Thomson wrote: > Package: xserver-xfree86 > Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 > > just installed debian on a AJP M6000NE laptop, which appears to be > very similar to the ASUS M6N series, but it has a larger wide screen. > > when configuring XFree86 with debconf, the screen size of the laptop > (1680x1050) isn't present in the list. when i add 1680x1050 to the > beginning of the generated Modes lines in XF86Config-4, it works fine. > > is it possible to add 1680x1050 to the screen sizes available so that > users can use debconf to manage such a configuration? > > i think this is probably a minor/wishlist bug, and fairly trivial to > fix. however, my debian skills are not at the level where i'd feel > confident of any fix i provided. happy to test any fixes before > release. I'd need to know what the VESA standard modeline for this resolution is. It is then a matter of patching xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/etc/vesamodes, a copy of which is shipped as <URL: file:///usr/share/doc/xserver-xfree86/examples/vesamodes.gz >. -- G. Branden Robinson | The errors of great men are Debian GNU/Linux | venerable because they are more branden@debian.org | fruitful than the truths of little http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | men. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
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