fix for web browser and other app resolution problems

[Jordan Crouse]

On 16/03/07 20:26 -0400, Andrew Clunis wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 20:07 -0400, Albert Cahalan wrote:
> > Several hacks have been tried. They all break web sites, with no way
> > for the user to deal with the result. The latest hack kills
> > performance and degrades image quality.
> > 
> > There are other apps to deal with as well, beyond the web browser.
> > 
> > Just as the user can select the screen rotation and color/mono mode,
> > the user should be able to select a screen resolution. The useful
> > resolutions are 1200x900, 600x450, and 400x300. Simple integer scaling
> > can cover all of these.
> > 
> > Sugar should remember these settings (resolution, color/mono,
> > rotation, backlight, swizzle, gamma, etc.) for each running app, so
> > that switching between apps will switch the settings. Sugar should
> > also let apps supply a list of incompatible modes and flags to
> > indicate if the app can tolerate run-time switching of the various
> > settings.
> 
> Excuse my lack of clue, but doesn't the Geode display controller have
> some hardware scaling of some type (even if it is broken on b1 and b2)?

The GX only supports video scaling.  Its bigger brother, the LX is the 
one that handles both graphics and video scaling.

Jordan