On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 17:42:42 +0100, Brice Goglin wrote: > retitle 457925 xserver-xorg needs NEWS and README about RandR 1.2 updates in xorg.conf > severity 457925 wishlist > thank you > > [...] > Modes is not used anymore these days. As all RandR 1.2 driver do, the ati > driver 6.7.197 queries the supported modes and chooses by default the > "preferred" one given by the hardware if it exists. The preferred one has a > "+" in the xrandr output (but I guess the PreferredMode given in xorg.conf > will override this "+" too). I however had to add *both* Modes and PreferredMode to make it work. PreferredMode by itself didn't work. > [...] > Actually, we already have a NEWS entry about this in xserver-xorg-video-ati > 6.7.197 pointing to http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 and > http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org/dualhead.html. Ah, I actually even saw that, but did not realize it is applicable. As written, I understood it as /only/ being of interest if I use multiple monitors -- which I don't. So please mention it affects video mode configuration in all cases. > I think we should add a NEWS entry to xserver-xorg before lenny is > released, and a README.Debian pointing to the same URL. I am retitling your > bug accordingly. Ok. Thanks. -- Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz>
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