Re: LCD monitor, DVI connection, resolution problem

bowman wrote:
John-Paul Stewart wrote:

Keep it up to date with newly released kernels. It often happens that
the kernel developers will change some part of the kernel that breaks
kernel modules.

I program to a number of third party interfaces; if changes to my code
breaks the interface, it is my problem.

Not all providers of closed source kernel modules respond to kernel API changes as quickly as end-users would like. In some cases it's simply a lack of will on the part of the developer (they know it works with kernel x.y.z so they feel their users should just stick with that). In other cases, it's that the developers don't have the resources to devote to checking their closed source modules against every kernel that comes along.

In any case, there are lots of reasons why closed source kernel modules sometimes lag behind current kernel revisions. If those kernel modules were open source instead, that wouldn't happen because the kernel developers are willing to keep open source kernel modules up to date.
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