Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:26:45 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: question about new monitor... Message-ID: <20080730182645.GA52357@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20080730162901.GB87099@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20080730011634.GA47738@thought.org> <20080730014633.GB47738@thought.org> <20080730162901.GB87099@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 06:29:01PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 06:46:33PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > 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). No, ddc/ddc2b works just fine over a standard analog VGA-connector as well (assuming both monitor and graphics card supports it, which just about all devices you can buy today does.) Effectively the monitor tells Xorg what > it's capable of WRT resolutions, rehresh rates etc. It's pretty neat. > > Roland -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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