video hardware determination

2006-11-08 Thread Default User
Hello. I inherited an old '586 computer with built-in graphics (no video card) and a no-name 17 color monitor. I have no documentation for either. I am trying to set it up using xorgconfig. Is there a utility within OpenBSD 4.0 RELEASE i386 that will interrogate the hardware to determine: 1)

Re: video hardware determination

2006-11-08 Thread Nick Holland
Default User wrote: Hello. I inherited an old '586 computer with built-in graphics (no video card) and a no-name 17 color monitor. I have no documentation for either. I am trying to set it up using xorgconfig. Probably the hard way. See the new FAQ 11

Re: video hardware determination

2006-11-08 Thread Michael Hernandez
On Nov 8, 2006, at 9:38 PM, Nick Holland wrote: That being said, many newer monitors will feed that info back to X.org via DPMS, and X.org will then use it to configure itself...usually incorrectly. :) (that's not entirely fair...sometimes, X gets it right. In my experience, however, it is

Re: video hardware determination

2006-11-08 Thread Ryan McBride
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 10:08:14PM -0500, Michael Hernandez wrote: When I got home... I looked... and low and behold... X was running just fine, and there was no xorg.conf to be found. Is that expected behavior? Of course not... Actually, that IS the expected behaviour from X now. It

Re: video hardware determination

2006-11-08 Thread Shane J Pearson
Hi Michael, On 09/11/2006, at 2:08 PM, Michael Hernandez wrote: Is that expected behavior? Of course not... and for the record, no it doesn't work with the same automagic goodness on the evo at work (I think it's the card in the evo, the monitor is exactly the same as the one I have at

Re: video hardware determination

2006-11-08 Thread Nick Holland
Michael Hernandez wrote: ... Is that expected behavior? Of course not... and for the record, no it doesn't work with the same automagic goodness on the evo at work (I think it's the card in the evo, the monitor is exactly the same as the one I have at home) but if you haven't tried to just