On 2012/03/31 15:27 (GMT-0700) Adam Williamson composed:
On Sat, 2012-03-31 at 12:20 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
Ever tried to get VESA to produce 2048x1152, 1366x768, 1680x1050, 1600x900 or
1920x1080?
Have you tried to buy a 4:3 display lately? Do all your CRTs work
as well now as they did when new if at all? Are you familiar with what
1024x768 and 1280x1024 look like on a 1920x1080 display?
They look better than an error message telling you your X server won't
run.
Only when the message isn't a lie. Just because it didn't start doesn't
necessarily mean it can't be made to start. 'Tis better just a message than a
literally distorted untruth.
(you're wrong anyway; vesa is perfectly capable of 16x9 resolutions. It
Not all I listed are TV (16:9) modes, nor did I list every possible native
mode of current and recent displays, much less future displays. Did you try
1280x800, 1680x1050 or 1920x1200?
does 1600x900 fine on my Vaio Z, and it did 1600x768 on my Vaio P after
some poking of ajax).
2.08:1? Velly intellestink.
Some cards provide extra modes, but most widescreen modes are not in any VESA
standards I've seen, and thus nothing close to all cards can be counted on to
support a wide display's native mode.
...it's still better than no X.
I don't think everyone would agree. Some might take as an inducement to
figure out why and end up with satisfactory support instead of VESA molasses
or funhouse.
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