david <gnome@email-addr-hidden>, on Fri Dec 14, 2007 [10:16:24 PM] said:
> Paul wrote:
> >> One advantage of the older Xorgs was you could REMOVE all the modelines
> >> except the one you wanted it to use. This helped prevent rude GUIs such
> >> as the thrice-accursed GNOME from forcing my system into a junky
> >> 1280x1024xinterlaced mode simply because said-thrice-accursed GNOME was
> >> idiotically thinking it was dealing with someone who didn't know his
> >> display hardware was capable of any higher resolution than 1024x768. But
> >> one of the things I hate about GNOME is its rather Microsoft-ish
> >> attitude that "We know best" ...
[...]
> > Xorg should put the cabosh on any modes that exceed the
> > highest resolution you specify in the Modes line of the Screen
> > section. So, if you put "1024x768" there, you should get the
> > best refresh your monitor is spec'd at for that resolution,
> > and no other higher res crappier options should exist. (actually,
> > its probably limited by the 'virtual' resolution, but its
> > fairly unusual to see anyone choosing a different virtual res
> > than their highest Mode...)
> > I usually hand roll my main Modeline to maximize
> > refresh at my desired resolutions, and specify that. Fortunately,
> > my WM doesnt override my default selection.
>
> Here are the complete contents of my Xorg.conf file, as created by
> Debian Etch during the installation process:
[...]
>
> Modes "1280x800"
> Nary a modeline in sight.
>
[...]
If you have that and the Xserver is dishing up 1280x1024
then thats a bug.
>
> It gets the screen resolution right, just the font sizes are massively off.
>
No idea what that means in the context of this thread.
> > ps. I hope the entities that are forcing you to use gnome also
> > arent imposing your email address upon you as well... ;)
>
> I was going to answer that I've been using gnome as my email ID for
> longer than GNOME has been around, but I don't know how long GNOME has
> been around ... anyway, my use of gnome predates my use of Linux, and
> I've been using Linux for eight years now ...
>
> Actually, I'm not using GNOME - I'm quite happy to login at a text login
> prompt and manually startx. I figure if any Windows user tries to start
> up and use my laptop, they'll think it's broken and just give up. ;-)
Thats a joke, son. [foghorn leghorn]
Anyway, Im not picking a fight, I was just trying to impart some
of my imperfect knowlege about how Xorg works.
Paul
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