Automatic usplash resolution (no static configuration file)

[Alexander Jones]

Binary package hint: usplash

The screen resolution is hardcoded in /etc/usplash.conf.

This should really be detected at boot time, instead, so that hot plugging monitors will not give out-of-sync situations, or cause unsightly resampling to happen on the monitor.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Oct 28 13:45:31 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Uname: Linux flash 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Alexander Jones (alex-weej)]

Removing these settings causes it to default to some low resolution fallback.

Can this not be detected automatically?

[Saivann Carignan (oxmosys)]

This would be interesting. However, I wonder if there is a "universal" resolution which would just work with all graphic cards and screens, like 1024x768 ? IMO, that would be the best solution if there's really such standard.

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

My understanding was that after updating the usplash.conf, you had to regenerate the initramfs. Is this not the case?

[Saivann Carignan (oxmosys)]

This bug stand for a automatic resolution detection. Actual usplash use values in /etc/usplash.conf and initramfs must be updated for usplash to work with the correct values. This bug ask usplash to be independent of /etc/usplash.conf, initramfs and not to suffer from changing graphic card/screen. Usplash should detect the good resolution and use it automatically at each boot (or use a generic one).

[Saivann Carignan (oxmosys)]

Since Hardy, this bug is not only a wishlist bug anymore because it causes usplash to use very low resolutions. According to this, I set this bug as a duplicate of bug 188764 that will probably be a target for Intrepid.