From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 16 07:15:10 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B0FE16A421 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:15:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from malcolm.kay@internode.on.net) Received: from ash25e.internode.on.net (ash25e.internode.on.net [203.16.214.182]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A55D643D70 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:15:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from malcolm.kay@internode.on.net) Received: from alpha.home (ppp140-75.lns2.adl2.internode.on.net [59.167.140.75]) by ash25e.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.6) with ESMTP id jAG7F54X024538 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:45:05 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from malcolm.kay@internode.on.net) From: Malcolm Kay Organization: at home To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:45:05 +1030 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <437ABD20.90001@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <437ABD20.90001@earthlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200511161745.05117.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> Subject: Re: Intresting X Question... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:15:10 -0000 On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 03:31 pm, Eric Murphy wrote: > Maybe some body can explain this alittle better then my google > searchs and other readings. > > My question is this: Lets say your installing BSD on some > workstation, you dont know the hardware specs of the monitor > (Vertical and Horizontal rates ect..) and you need to > configure Xorg. Its my understanding that Xorg runs getconfig, > which determines the video card type and monitor type. Once it > has that information it applys the information gatherd to the > xorg config. Is that how it works? I was going to say, it cant > just test a bunch of differnt monitor rates that could cause > damage to the monitor. > Most modern monitors respond to Xorg's enquiry over an I2C bus as to its capabilities. If this doesn't work then maybe: * The monitor is too old. * The monitor doesn't subscribe to the 'standards'. * Somehow the I2C bus is not working. * The monitor manufacturer was overly optermistic when setting up the information base for reporting over I2C It is not a trial and error situation. Malcolm > However today in one of our labs I installed bsd on a machine > and was unable to get xorg working properly becuase getconfig > wasnt issueing the correct H and V rates for the monitor, I > didnt know what to do without having to look it up. Anyway if > someone could explain this process I would be much obliged. > Thanks > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"