On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 08:26:45PM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote: > 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.)
I forgot to check on Wikipedia. :) For those who are interested, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_Data_Channel and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_Display_Data_Channel for more in-depth info. Roland -- 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)
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