On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 16:14 -0500, Alan Cox wrote: > On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 03:45:19PM -0500, Jeremy Katz wrote: > > right now so this can't 100% apply), then why not have the default X > > configuration just be something sane given the monitor. ie, if it's a > > flat panel, you want the native resolution of the panel, otherwise you > > want just a basic resolution. It's not like logging in requires a lot > > of screen real estate. > > The only "safe" resolution without DDC is 640x480@60Hz 31.5Khz (ie VGA) > unless it is a panel. gdm doesn't work at 640x480 in our setup (bugzilla'd > about RH8, never fixed). (TV out is an exception but we don't really handle > TV out sanely yet anyway so its not a revert) One nice thing about having X set the defaults is that (in general) the X drivers know the card-specific probing routines for what monitor is attached and so we don't have to rely on the admittedly crappy information you can get with real mode monitor probing. And then a lot more becomes "safe" Jeremy
