On Mon, 2009-08-10 at 19:38 -0400, brian wrote: > I'm also pretty confused as to why there are 2 separate display config > panels in the first place. System preferences - set up drivers and configuration for what your hardware actually is. User preferences - allows users to have custom resolutions to suit themselves, such as users with eyesight problems who want everything big. If a user doesn't set their own preferences, the default is to give them the highest resolution available. Though, LCDs only work well at their physical resolution. Even exact multiples of double or half resolution look disgustingly smudgy. CRT monitors often work well at several different resolutions, they don't have 1:1 mapping of graphics pixels to the dots of screen phosphors. You also mentioned frame rates. It's usual that LCD panels only work at one frame rate (60 Hz being common), compared to CRTs which often work across a few different rates. Most graphics cards have an array of different screen sizes and frame rates, with there being combinations of some of them that they cannot do (e.g. it may do high resolution *or* fast screen rates). If your card only offers your desired resolution at a different frame rate that your monitor users, you can't use that screen mode. That's why some people find that their desired resolution is unavailable to them. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
