Re: Anaconda and monitor handling

[Alan Cox <alan redhat com>]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 02:40:13AM -0400, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> >640x480 is the largest *safe* resolution to use without having DDC probe
> >data. Anything else can cause damage.
> 
> That may or may not be true, but the likelyhood of our installer
> team rewriting anaconda to fit in 640x480 seems rather unlikely,
> unless people would accept a virtual screen that scrolls around,
> which seems quite unprofessional.

Switching to 800x600 without asking the user and without DDC data is still
dangerous. Blame the VGA designers but thats the reality of the situation.