Removed Feature Impact Quality of Ubuntu

[Grant Bowman]

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 6:32 AM, Mackenzie Morgan <macoafi at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Grant Bowman <grantbow at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Regarding failed monitor auto-detection, one procedure I have used
>> successfully is described by going to www.x.org, clicking FAQ then
>> ConfigurationHelp.  Here is a direct link.
>> http://www.x.org/wiki/ConfigurationHelp  This procedure uses the
>> current auto-detection code to write a fresh xorg.conf file which you
>> can carefully edit with your changes from previous versions.  These
>> files in my experience are well commented.  With some additional
>> research each change you require can be added in whatever new syntax
>> might be required for the particular version of "X" you are running.
>> Using an xorg.conf file from an older version of X may have
>> unpredictable results.  It sounds like this has stopped working for
>> you.
>
> Do you know whether X has any way of hardcoding  (into Xorg, I mean)
> information about monitors that provide incorrect information?  I'm
> thinking of like how in ALSA there are quirk tables.

Hi Mackenzie,

I don't know how the code for auto-detection of monitors works but I
have used the above linked procedure (also described in the X wiki
pages) to work around it.  As I perform some more searches I see quite
a few items on brainstorm.ubuntu.com and ubuntuforums.org with
problems auto-detecting monitors.  Another complication I came across
just this week when I installed 10.04 on a laptop was that it required
the use of binary drivers for the video card and wifi adapater to
allow suspend and resume to work.  In fact
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/MonitorDetection says "Monitor detection is
one of Ubuntu/Xorg's most major problems."  My experience sponsoring
several school computer labs in San Francisco using donated hardware
seems to support this claim.  X/MonitorDetection gives a great
description of the problem from the x.org perspective with some
insight into why the problem exists.  Unfortunately that page was
written in 2007 and has not been updated.

Thank you for the link to http://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution
you provided earlier in this thread.  The X wiki pages have some great
information.  To answer your question I suspect it would best be asked
on IRC or the Ubuntu X mail list linked from the ~ubuntu-x-swat
launchpad team page.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/Ubuntu-x

Regards,

Grant Bowman
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam