Bug#273571: xserver-xfree86: Widescreen modes patch

2005-04-02 Thread Jonathan Polley
After not thinking about it for a shamefully long time, I would like to submit a new version of the patch that only has a rather reasonable number of likely-looking modelines, as opposed to the several hundred in the prior version. At the very least, this is a much saner starting point and if peop

Bug#273571: xserver-xfree86: Widescreen modes patch

2004-10-23 Thread Jonathan Polley
Michel Dänzer wrote: The list of modes seems a little excessive to me. At least with the radeon driver, as long as the monitor information is correct, you merely have to specify the resolutions you want to use in the Display subsection Modes line, and the driver will calculate the mode timings on

Bug#273571: xserver-xfree86: Widescreen modes patch

2004-10-23 Thread Jonathan Polley
I have added a slew of modes that I automatically generated for the 16:9 and 16:10 aspect ratios. They test successfully on my 20" monitor using a DVI connection, at least the ones below 1600x1050, its native resolution. It does not appear to be possible to run this monitor off of an analog V

Bug#273571: xserver-xfree86: Widescreen important for laptops

2004-10-18 Thread Jonathan Polley
Branden Robinson wrote: On Sun, Oct 17, 2004 at 12:52:49PM +, Michael Shields wrote: > You can exhort and quote marketing statistics all you like. The simple fact is, I have asked for modelines in the past and not gotten them. For instance, I asked for modelines for the 17" Apple PowerB