Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 01:11:33PM +0200, Andreas Lloyd wrote: > >> Eweek wrote: >> >>> However, we were disappointed to see that Ubuntu still lacks a >>> graphical utility for configuring display settings beyond simply >>> choosing among available display resolutions. >>> >>> Ubuntu did a fine job of auto-configuring our test machines' displays, >>> but further customizations required hand-editing. For instance, to >>> configure our Thinkpad to use multiple monitors, we had to manually >>> edit the xorg.conf file. We'd like to see Ubuntu begin shipping Red >>> Hat's display configuration tool—not only would Red Hat's tool fit in >>> well with the rest of Ubuntu's configuration utilities, but it is open >>> source and available for the taking. >>> >>> >> Maybe it would be worthwhile to look into this recommendation? I note >> that a lot of people tend to have problems with their display settings >> on the Ubuntu-Users mailing-list. >> >> I don't know if this should have been a separate spec that should have >> been discussed in Paris, or if it can still make into Edgy, if it >> doesn't make a lot of fuss. >> > > It's something which should have been discussed and specified in advance in > order to be part of the Edgy roadmap, but there's no reason it couldn't be > packaged for universe so that we can start to look at it. I suggest > finding the source code and proposing it to the MOTU team to see if anyone > with packaging skills is interested in taking this on. > Hi MOTUs!
Would anybody here be interested in trying their hand at packaging the Red Hat Display Configuration tool for Universe? You can find more details about it here : http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/config-tools/redhat-config-xfree86.html http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/devel/redhat-config-xfree86/ I'm not quite sure if I located the source code or not, as Matt suggested, but after spending a bit of time roaming about the Fedora site, this was the best I could find. The source ought to be there somewhere, as Fedora is 100 % Open Source (if it isn't available, I suppose we'll need to request it from them, somehow). Cheers, Andreas -- https://launchpad.net/people/lloydinho -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
