On Wednesday 10 October 2007 12:38:21 pm Xn Nooby wrote: > On 10/10/07, Rajko M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wednesday 10 October 2007 10:17:10 am Xn Nooby wrote: > > > I have some very old hardware running essentially SUSE 9.1, and some > > > of the PC's have video cards that ddcprobe can't probe. I get a > > > message that "EDID read failed". I need to be able to determine what > > > kind of monitor is connected to the PC, somehow. Ddcprobe works great > > > on the machines with newer videocards, and it actually spits out the > > > vendors model description. The old videocards do not seem to be able > > > to query the monitor. > > > > > > Maybe an app that queries the monitor directly? > > > > > > Or maybe a value somewhere in /proc/sys ? > > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Classic system: > > Take monitor model from label on the rear and ask: > > 1. Manufacturer web site > > 2. Google > My various PC's are booting from the same disk image, so I have to > figure out the hardware each time a machine boots. That is why I > don't just look it up and hard-code it.
OK. Old graphic adapters don't have connected (or don't use) pins that are reserved in 15 pin sub D connector for communication between monitor and computer. Some very old monitors don't use that pins too. So, the only option is to test indirectly in what computer the image is booting and use different xorg.conf files. -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
