Bug#355206: (no subject)

["Matthew T. Atkinson" <matthew@agrip.org.uk>]

On Tue, 2006-03-07 at 14:13 +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> The window manager should be able to do this using the XF86VidMode
> extension.
<snip>
> An X server option or key combo might even be sufficient.

Interesting suggestions; thanks -- I will indeed file an enhancement
request.

> You're welcome, thanks for verifying. I'd like to merge these bugs, but
> I'm not sure which severity is more appropriate, opinions?

IMHO, on account of there being a workaround, I think normal priority is
more appropriate.  I had not noticed earlier, but now it seems right to
downgrade it because there is a fix of sorts available.

I seem to remember seeing a patch for Xorg, on their bug tracking
system, which I imagine will get in at some point.  At least until then
this workaround will suffice.  Perhaps some note to R200 owners could be
put into the Debian package to warn then (via Debconf, I was thinking,
if they select the ati or radeon driver)?  [ I'm not familiar with the
packaging policy but if that was possible before the bug is fixed, it
may be of use. ]

Thanks again for your time and help,

best regards,


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Matthew T. Atkinson <matthew@agrip.org.uk>