On Saturday 09 September 2006 03:53, Markus Koßmann wrote: > Am Freitag, 8. September 2006 23:52 schrieb William Gallafent: > > Er, I disagree. If it is possible to sense using the EDID system > > the "preferred" frequency of the attached panel, then that > > should be used. I believe that Xorg can correctly read these > > values.
> That's not safe. I have a LCD display, which EDID reports > a broken timing for its native resolution. Hmm, unfortunate. One can truthfully say "It's a hardware problem", at least. ;) I still maintain that the settings sensed from the hardware should be used initially if they are available, since they're likely to be appropriate. This will often (but not always) give a good result without intervention. It should certainly be the _default_, however, that the countdown-timer "click if you can see this message" display should appear before the installation is allowed to proceed further. I think that at the moment you are only given the _option_ to test the settings, which is not enough. So, enforcing the "click if OK" (and returning to the configuration page after ten seconds with a "Those graphics settings didn't work: try fiddling with them" message if there is no click on the button) would certainly be an improvement. That way, you are never left with a black screen, always returning to the graphics config screen until you have some settings which work. I assume I got in to the standard procedure of checking the settings before proceeding myself, so haven't been caught out for years by the fact that this doesn't happen automatically. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
