On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:59:24AM -0000, Geir Ove Myhr wrote: > The main problem with the VESA driver is that it has a very limited > set of resolutions available. If the native resolution of your monitor > is one of those, then fine. The VESA resolutions are all in 4:3 > format, so nobody with a 16:9 monitor will be able to use the native > resolution. I think also high-resolution monitors will have problems. > This is the main reason we don't want to use VESA by default.
I wonder if most of the i8xx based laptops are 4:3 resolutions? If so, then the main place this would show up as an issue is with external monitors. -- MASTER: [i845] GPU lockup (apport-crash) (Should KMS be blacklisted?) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541492 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
