Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 12:18:08 -0800 (PST) From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: autoconfiguring X Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0403051156160.3269-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> In-Reply-To: <xzp7jxzktsi.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Dag-Erling [iso-8859-1] Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > > I will have to look closer at the DDC specification. I don't recall it > > giving this vertical refresh and horizontal sync information. > > Yes, it does. I have a Compaq V70 here (manufactured 1997-20) with > DDC1 support, EDID version 1.1; XFree86 correctly detects (and logs) > the supported frequency ranges. That is great and convenient that it works for you. > > In the many times that I have used "XFree86 -configure" it seems like I > > always have to manually set the VertRefresh and HorizSync. > > I've never had that problem. The MonitorsDB file from hwdata-knoppix-0.95 has 3456 entries for various Monitors to give that horiz sync and vertical refresh information. At first, I thought it was an indication that 3456 monitors didn't give information, but I see it also lists your monitor: Compaq; Compaq V70 Color Monitor; cpq170a; 30.0-69.0; 50-125.0; 1 The workstation I am sitting at has a TRL 100f monitor as detected by XFree86. The FCC ID shows it is from Royal Information Electronic's Company. I had to manually set the VertRefresh and HorizSync. The MonitorsDB (which I don't use yet under *BSD) has 7 TRL/RIC entries, but not mine. My goal for this is not only for this FreeBSD "advocacy" discussion, but that I have built custom NetBSD Live CDs for a couple years that I want to have instant X configuration wherever it is used. (With older XFree86 3.x, my CD provided four different XF86Config files for 1280x1024, 1024x768, 800x600, and 640x480 VESA standards.) Jeremy C. Reed http://bsd.reedmedia.net/
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