Bug 708094

Summary:	default resolution is too high and text way to small for readability
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	tony <tb>
Component:	xorg-x11-drv-intel	Assignee:	Adam Jackson <ajax>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	15	CC:	ajax, xgl-maint
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Description tony 2011-05-26 17:59:47 UTC

Description of problem:
The default resolution is set at 1600x900 16:9.  Unfortunately, this resolution makes text way to small for readability, especially for web browsing.    

There is no other alternative resolution for 16:9.  There should be 1280x800 16:9


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How reproducible:
In Fedora 15 on a sandybridge chipset.  I'm using a thinkpad T420s HD3000 ( intel core i5-2025M )


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Actual results:
only one 16:9 video mode

Expected results:
should be at least another 1280x800 video mode at 16:9

Additional info:

Comment 1 Adam Jackson 2011-06-01 18:32:34 UTC

This is not an intel driver bug.  Your panel's native resolution is 1600x900, and it's apparently not advertising support for any other 16:9 modes.  Upscaling from a lower 16:9 mode would just look blurry and awful anyway.  If you want bigger fonts, make your fonts bigger.

Comment 2 tony 2011-06-01 20:24:52 UTC

Dear Adam,

thank you for your answer.  Would you be so kind to explain why when i run windows 7 the panel supports many more modes at 16:9 that are less resolution than 1600x900 and all the modes look great.  Meaning none of the other modes are blurry but look very nice?

thank you,
-tony