Bug 392511

Summary: 1280x1024 resolution shown as not available, but worked in FC6
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Tim Wegener <twegener>
Component: xorg-x11-drv-nvAssignee: Adam Jackson <ajax>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Xorg log (older)
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xorg.conf with manually added Modes line none

Description Tim Wegener 2007-11-20 15:06:27 UTC 
Description of problem:
Highest resolution is detected as 1280x960 and this is the resolution that gets
used by default.
Note that the auto-generated xorg.conf had no Modes line. 
Adding a modes line that included 1280x1024 and restarting X made that
resolution available again. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xorg-x11-drv-nv-2.1.5-2.fc8
xorg-x11-drivers-7.2-9.fc8

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Fedora 8
2. system-config-display
3. Click on 'Resolution' and notice that highest is 1280x960
  
Actual results:
Highest resolution is detected as 1280x960 and this is the resolution that gets
used by default.

Expected results:
Highest resolution should be 1280x1024 and used by default.

Additional info:
ViewSonic E771 monitor
nVidia GeForce2 MX400 video card (NV11)
Worked fine in Fedora Core 6
Comment 1 Tim Wegener 2007-11-20 15:06:27 UTC 
Created attachment 264981 [details]
xorg log file (oldest)
Comment 2 Tim Wegener 2007-11-20 15:07:37 UTC 
Created attachment 264991 [details]
Xorg log (older)
Comment 3 Tim Wegener 2007-11-20 15:08:46 UTC 
Created attachment 265001 [details]
Xorg log (recent)
Comment 4 Tim Wegener 2007-11-20 15:11:07 UTC 
Created attachment 265021 [details]
xorg.conf with manually added Modes line

Note that the only difference between this and the original auto-generated
xorg.conf file is the manually added Modes line.
Comment 5 Adam Jackson 2008-02-12 16:12:48 UTC 
All of those log files show 1280x1024 being selected.

But, that said, I know what behaviour you're seeing here, and it's intentional.
 The monitor reports a 4:3 physical size, so we pick the largest 4:3 video mode
that it claims to support, because non-square pixels are evil.
Comment 6 Tim Wegener 2008-03-09 11:05:43 UTC 
I can't explain the log files, but all I know is that I was unable to select
1280x1024 resolution without modifying xorg.conf by hand. 

I really do not care whether or not my pixels are not perfectly square. They
look fine to me in 1280x1024 mode. I am much more concerned out maximizing
screen real estate and using my hardware capabilities to the fullest rather than
subtleties of pixel shape. 

At the very least, shouldn't I be able to select this resolution from the GUI,
rather than having to hand edit config files? 

I humbly implore you to reopen this bug.