Hi Felix,
Thank you for your answer.
Le mardi 27 novembre 2012, Felix Miata a écrit :
I think everybody has that preference.
In the "Developer of free things" side of my life, I have always been enthusiastic to user feedback, positive or negative. A feedback was exeptional, before Internet. A guy pointing (politely) a problem is a godsend for the developer.
It's just that developers don't have *your* particular hardware combination to test on…
Is 1280x1024 pixels screen such an exceptionnel format?
…, and when the required hardware data is missing or broken, as apparently must be the case for your display's EDID,…
My display (Fujisu-Siemens FUS T17-2) works well, and its Extended display identification data (EDID) too, but I did not espacialy check that last point. And some recent distributions did configure X correctly for its use.
Anyone who wants to wear the hat of developer should accept comments on the mistakes made by his team or group to which he belongs. Saying "my screens work," or "I do not have this configuration", etc. is not suitable because everyone feels bad: the user feels stupid, and conscientious developer knows he has failed. That said, the group concerned is the XOrg team? I'm not sure.
Faced with the difficulties of installing the most recent distributions, I got to thinking that the tests were done on virtual machines, and thus, the developers were not seeing the problems. The ATI driver? But I am using this machine, this graphic card and this screen with this ancient OSS 11.1!
I'm sorry if I'm uncomfortable.
Cheers, Patrick