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On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 14:30 -0400, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 12:46:06AM -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
> > > The Anaconda X display is still distorted, only using half the
> > > vertical height and apparently at low resolution.
> > > Core Duo, Nvidia 9600GT, Dell 24 inch LCD.
> > 
> > This is intentional.  The anaconda UI is written for 800x600.  If it's
> > not showing up scaled or centered that's a bug, but low resolution is
> > not a bug.
> 
> If Anaconda is written for 800x600 can X be made to agree with it. Right
> now the X server picks 640x480x24/32 over 800x600x16 - which is a pita for
> installs on boxes with 2MB embedded C&T hardware ?

You realize you're the only person on earth with that hardware.

Unfortunately we pick depth before resolution, so it's a bit difficult
to look ahead and know "oh, we've been asked for 800x600, we should
downgrade to 16bpp".  I can probably hack something up for the chips
driver, but it really is a per-driver thing.

- ajax

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