[LAU] [OT] modelines ?

Paul set at pobox.com
Mon Dec 17 03:08:19 EST 2007


david <gnome at hawaii.rr.com>, 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
set at pobox.com



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