[Bug 17255] using fuzzy aspect match for initial modes ( picked 1280x960 instead of 1280x1024)

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http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17255





--- Comment #10 from Alex Deucher <agd5f at yahoo.com>  2008-08-23 13:38:43 PST ---
(In reply to comment #7)
> A circle is a circle on the monitor when it's 1280x1024, with the
> other one it's kinda stretched.
> Also, 1280x1024 is simply more information being sent to the screen.
> Why on earth would I want to use a resolution /less/ than my screen
> supports?
> There's people out there with 2560x1600 LCD's, and I have this
> pathetic CRT, the least I can do is use it to its fullest potential.
> 

You can.  Just add the preferred mode to your config and be done with it. or
change it on the fly with xrandr:
xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1280x1024

> "You can use the preferred mode option in your monitor section to
> hardcode your preferred mode if you don't like what the xserver
> picks."
> Sometimes a problem is so complicated that it comes down to personal
> preference.  This is not one of those times.
> 1280x1024 is the -correct- resolution for my setup.

How is this not one of those times?  You monitor is a CRT and does not list a
preferred mode, so it comes down to what mode should be picked.  Most people
would say 1280x1024 at 60hz is pretty rough on the eyes.  I would argue that based
on your monitor's EDID, 1024x768 at 85hz would be the preferred mode.  1280x960
happens to be right in the middle.  Some people like 800x600.  That's why there
is a preferred mode option.


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