On 20100312_102211, John W Foster wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul E Condon <pecon...@mesanetworks.net> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org <snip> > Hi Paul: > I read thru the install log from xorg & it looks like everything is > doing as it should. I am wondering if this new flat screen is a > letterbox shaped screen or a standard shaped screen. I suspect this is > an "aspect ratio" issue rather than a "screen resolution" issue though > it may be a combination of both. I have little experience with the > letterbox screens but I am planing to buy one soon & am studying the > list & other tings for compatibility as I do not want to incur this type > of issue. Please post your solution when you get it going correctly. > Best wishes! > -- > John Foster >
The pixels are specified to be 0.252mm(H)x0.252mm(V), which implies an aspect ratio of 1366:768. This is close to 16:9, but not exact. To be exact would have to be e.g. 1366:768.375 or 1365.333:768. Both have fractional number of pixels, which of course is impossible. So there must be some 'engineering hack'. I have no idea what ugly hacks are done to make beautiful Xwindows design concept fit with ugly real world of integer arithmetic ;-) What really puzzles me is the fact that two recent installs of X arrive at different kludge solutions -on-the-same-hardware-. -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100312165417.gh4...@big.lan.gnu
