Re: CRTs and EDID (was: Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody want to beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev?

2011-11-16 Thread waltdnes
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 09:53:47AM -0500, Michael Mol wrote Just an FYI, EDID blocks have been part of CRT tech since the mid to late 90s; it's the basis of plug play monitors. IIRC, the EDID block is transported via DDC, which is essentially I2C implemented on top of your VGA cable. I've

Re: CRTs and EDID (was: Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody want to beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev?

2011-11-16 Thread Michael Mol
On 11/16/2011 06:20 PM, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 09:53:47AM -0500, Michael Mol wrote Just an FYI, EDID blocks have been part of CRT tech since the mid to late 90s; it's the basis of plug play monitors. IIRC, the EDID block is transported via DDC, which is

CRTs and EDID (was: Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody want to beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev?

2011-11-15 Thread Michael Mol
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:21 AM, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: Contrary to the FUD I've heard, X works just fine, thank you, without an xorg.conf.  Modern flatscreens with EDID info are set up automatically.  I suppose that old CRT monitors without EDID info might require xorg.conf, but that's