Re: Easter Rawhide

[Alan Cox <alan redhat com>]

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 12:46:06AM -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
> > The Anaconda X display is still distorted, only using half the
> > vertical height and apparently at low resolution.
> > Core Duo, Nvidia 9600GT, Dell 24 inch LCD.
> 
> This is intentional.  The anaconda UI is written for 800x600.  If it's
> not showing up scaled or centered that's a bug, but low resolution is
> not a bug.

If Anaconda is written for 800x600 can X be made to agree with it. Right
now the X server picks 640x480x24/32 over 800x600x16 - which is a pita for
installs on boxes with 2MB embedded C&T hardware ?