question about new monitor...

[Erik Trulsson]

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.)


 Effectively the monitor tells Xorg what
> it's capable of WRT resolutions, rehresh rates etc. It's pretty neat.
> 
> Roland


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