[ANNOUNCE] xf86-video-ati 7.9.0

Adam Jackson ajax at nwnk.net
Fri Mar 17 15:48:13 UTC 2017


On Thu, 2017-03-16 at 14:34 -0400, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Adam Jackson <ajax at nwnk.net> wrote:
> > Mostly a hack for LCDs that only claim one supported resolution and
> > desktop environments too chicken to let you set arbitrary modes from
> > the display control panel. Again, not really thrilled with the
> > implementation of it, might be better solved in another place.
> 
> Do you have a specific test case this fixes?  The kernel driver always
> adds the common modes to LVDS connectors, so they should be there.

Maybe I did when I wrote it? The patch is like eight years old though.
I'll drop it and see if anyone notices.

- ajax


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