Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel
With two 16:10 displays, a Dell Latitude E6500 laptop (1440 x 900) and a Dell 24'' TFT ( 1920 x 1200), the intel gfx driver chooses the 4:3 resolution of 1024x748 for both. Visual result is a low 4:3 transformed to fullscreen 16:10, this looks pretty poor. It's the first matching common resolution according to xrandr output, nevertheless ... ...much better would be: If both monitors have the same aspect ratio (e.g. 16:10 or 4:3) choose the smaller resolution as the common base and scale to the size bigger monitor. (Because only one monitor needs scaling it should even save tons of GPU cycles. With the proposed algorithm, one output runs with the 'perfect' native resolution and only one is transformed, with taspect ratio is presered! Currently base resolution is: lower than min. of both display, _both_ are transformed, aspect ratio is not kept. Achim ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Sep 26 14:16:01 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6500 Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.8.1-1ubuntu2 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-11-generic root=UUID=c81e0cef-ccb2-4fb0-9d11-02e85ba75a4c ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE= PATH=(custom, user) LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic RelatedPackageVersions: xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0~git20090817.7c422387-0ubuntu5 libdrm2 2.4.13-1ubuntu1 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.8.1-1ubuntu2 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090825.fc74e119-0ubuntu2 SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic x86_64 XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' dmi.bios.date: 12/18/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A11 dmi.board.name: 0NY667 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA11:bd12/18/2008:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6500:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0NY667:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E6500 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. fglrx: Not loaded system: distro: Ubuntu architecture: x86_64kernel: 2.6.31-11-generic ** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug -- [GM45] Bad resulution choice for mirror mode with two 16:10 displays https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/437173 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp