From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 30 17:31:36 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EEB21065673 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:31:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C6C78FC15 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:31:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m6UGT1Ne021142; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:29:01 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 3B63DBA8E; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:29:01 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:29:01 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20080730162901.GB87099@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20080730011634.GA47738@thought.org> <20080730014633.GB47738@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="3uo+9/B/ebqu+fSQ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080730014633.GB47738@thought.org> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: question about new monitor... 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, 30 Jul 2008 17:31:36 -0000 --3uo+9/B/ebqu+fSQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 06:46:33PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: >=20 > I've changed my mind:: if I go to 20" i can get widescreen > with 1680x1050, so my current 1284x1024 would fit. IFF > xorg know what kind of beast this is:-) Xorg can "talk" to modern monitors using the ddc2 protocol (but only with a DVI connection, AFAICT). Effectively the monitor tells Xorg what it's capable of WRT resolutions, rehresh rates etc. It's pretty neat. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --3uo+9/B/ebqu+fSQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkiQls0ACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVRZwCfYPwpNiNW7ZSCnje/NPIQAig3 A+AAn3NSPZfXHp+sxFCEZtvgbMEkmCxz =4v3/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3uo+9/B/ebqu+fSQ--