On 2010/08/12 10:46 (GMT-0700) Adam Williamson composed: > It's more or less dead. ajax technically maintains it, but it's right at > the bottom of his priority list and we've been wanting to drop it for > ages. It's useful for almost nothing these days, especially now GNOME > has a mechanism for applying display configuration from control-center's > 'display' module systemwide. Actually, it might be worth discussing > dropping it from F14 or F15 entirely. I've just today adjusted > spin-kickstarts not to use it any more. Anyone aware of other cases > where it's used? Aside from the non-RandR 1.2 drivers, which cover a > small minority of users? So users of absent or dysfunctional DDC and/or EDID should be committed to 800x600 or 1024x768 @96DPI until they replace their (quality, antique, still working just fine) displays or learn the cryptic and complicated methodology to using xrandr and script editors? Does the Gnome module work for those who never Gnome's DTE? The reason I started this thread is precisely because I have little tolerance for being stuck in last century's 1024x768@96DPI lowfi on a display I've been running 2048x1536 on for roughly a decade. Before xrandr, X could itself perform (at least some of) the relevant the functions of cvt, gtf, xmode and/or randr, from xorg.conf substituting a simple expression of desired resolution for EDID/DDC to produce the user's preference, but can in many or most cases no longer, instead requiring running in advance any or more of several utilities, and putting their results in cryptic startup scripts instead of a single config file. Progress on the absent DDC/EDID front has been decidedly negative since randr (not that Redhat/Fedora is responsible for Xorg development direction, or is it?). -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
