28 Nov
2012
28 Nov
'12
1:46 a.m.
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