Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 01:17:06 -0600 From: Eric Murphy <eam404@earthlink.net> To: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intresting X Question... Message-ID: <437ADCF2.4090801@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <200511161745.05117.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> References: <437ABD20.90001@earthlink.net> <200511161745.05117.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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Malcolm Kay wrote: >On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 03:31 pm, Eric Murphy wrote: > > >>Maybe some body can explain this alittle better then my google >>searchs and other readings. >> >>My question is this: Lets say your installing BSD on some >>workstation, you dont know the hardware specs of the monitor >>(Vertical and Horizontal rates ect..) and you need to >>configure Xorg. Its my understanding that Xorg runs getconfig, >>which determines the video card type and monitor type. Once it >>has that information it applys the information gatherd to the >>xorg config. Is that how it works? I was going to say, it cant >>just test a bunch of differnt monitor rates that could cause >>damage to the monitor. >> >> >> > >Most modern monitors respond to Xorg's enquiry over an I2C bus >as to its capabilities. >If this doesn't work then maybe: >* The monitor is too old. >* The monitor doesn't subscribe to the 'standards'. >* Somehow the I2C bus is not working. >* The monitor manufacturer was overly optermistic when setting >up the information base for reporting over I2C > >It is not a trial and error situation. > >Malcolm > > > >>However today in one of our labs I installed bsd on a machine >>and was unable to get xorg working properly becuase getconfig >>wasnt issueing the correct H and V rates for the monitor, I >>didnt know what to do without having to look it up. Anyway if >>someone could explain this process I would be much obliged. >>Thanks >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > If thats the case, why did it work with linux running Xorg? So I guess the main way to do it, if you want to figure out the values, is look at the example xorg.conf and see what values it pulled?
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