X.Org Server Finally Adapted To Better Deal With 16:9 & 16:10 Displays

[phoronix]

Phoronix: X.Org Server Finally Adapted To Better Deal With 16:9 & 16:10 Displays

In 2018 the X.Org Server will introduce better support for 16:9 and 16:0 ratio monitors!..

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Xorg-Server-169-1610-Displays

[duby229]

Yes, I ran into this too. Of course generating modelines is pretty simple. But it's so simple that expecting an end user to do it was always stupid. It was just a one time annoyance that shouldn't have happened.

[Leopard]

I love these kind of tags

FINALLY

Thanks Michael for all your hard work btw.

[AnonymousCoward]

"16:0" in the first sentence.

[schmidtbag]

Not sure why this couldn't have been done 10 years ago, but oh well.

On a somewhat unrelated note, it irritates me how 16:9 became the standard and 16:10 didn't. 16:10 is much more akin to the human field of view ratio (which is roughly 3:2). With the exception of certain games, I never understood people's obsession with going wider.

[dungeon]

16K = 16 x 4K displays! Or up to 32 x 1080p. So X is future proof now

[dungeon]

Yes, I ran into this too. Of course generating modelines is pretty simple. But it's so simple that expecting an end user to do it was always stupid. It was just a one time annoyance that shouldn't have happened.

It is not stupid, you just get what is in EDID of your monitor and that is it, otherwise edit it. But some screens have weird EDIDs, PC monitors less, but TVs are usually borked there in various different ways thus require different quirks even per model if you want ootb experience always

[RealNC]

28 years after the EU instituted the 16:9 Action Plan, X11 is finally there. 28 years. Single tear.

[andre30correia]

the worst thing is the lake of some resolutions with modsetting driver.

[duby229]

It is not stupid, you just get what is in EDID of your monitor and that is it, otherwise edit it. But some screens have weird EDIDs, PC monitors less, but TVs are usually borked there in various different ways thus require different quirks even per model if you want ootb experience always

Yeah, TVs are definitely the worst. But even so, windows displays modes that work just fine that xorg doesn't. Like I said it was just a one time annoyance, but I doubt I'm the only one that had to add a modeline.