[PATCH] xfree86: Bump classic driver default to 1024x768

Luc Verhaegen libv at skynet.be
Thu Nov 25 12:29:44 PST 2010


On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 08:14:36PM +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> 
> We provide pretty much no support for hardware that's the same vintage 
> as the monitors you're talking about. Why would the people using these 
> monitors be running current versions of X? Why would they not be able to 
> write an xorg.conf? Why are they more important than the people who have 
> to deal with the more common cases of missing EDID?

And just how certain are you that 1024x768 is going to help all those 
cases with missing EDID compared to 800x600?

This makes me want to start arguing for making 640x480 the default.

Luc Verhaegen.


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