From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 30 19:43:55 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19D02106567F for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:43:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D73D8FC0A for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:43:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m6UJhrpn029858 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:43:53 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id DEBD0BA8E; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:43:52 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:43:52 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20080730194352.GA92985@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20080730011634.GA47738@thought.org> <20080730014633.GB47738@thought.org> <20080730162901.GB87099@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20080730182645.GA52357@owl.midgard.homeip.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080730182645.GA52357@owl.midgard.homeip.net> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Subject: Re: question about new monitor... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:43:55 -0000 --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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: > > >=20 > > > 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:-) > >=20 > > Xorg can "talk" to modern monitors using the ddc2 protocol (but only > > with a DVI connection, AFAICT). >=20 > 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 in= fo. Roland --=20 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) --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkiQxHgACgkQEnfvsMMhpyXjVwCeLS3hZz6v5Zxy6dv+ccmclcj7 iXcAoKDhDcWvQphG38rxraZQr3hRzvNI =7anw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5--