From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 5 12:18:14 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0ABE16A4CE for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 12:18:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from pilchuck.reedmedia.net (pilchuck.reedmedia.net [209.166.74.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6587C43D1F for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 12:18:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from reed@reedmedia.net) Received: from reed by pilchuck.reedmedia.net with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 1AzLlo-000623-00; Fri, 05 Mar 2004 12:18:08 -0800 Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 12:18:08 -0800 (PST) From: "Jeremy C. Reed" To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Subject: Re: autoconfiguring X X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 20:18:15 -0000 On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Dag-Erling [iso-8859-1] Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > > I will have to look closer at the DDC specification. I don't recall it > > giving this vertical refresh and horizontal sync information. > > Yes, it does. I have a Compaq V70 here (manufactured 1997-20) with > DDC1 support, EDID version 1.1; XFree86 correctly detects (and logs) > the supported frequency ranges. That is great and convenient that it works for you. > > In the many times that I have used "XFree86 -configure" it seems like I > > always have to manually set the VertRefresh and HorizSync. > > I've never had that problem. The MonitorsDB file from hwdata-knoppix-0.95 has 3456 entries for various Monitors to give that horiz sync and vertical refresh information. At first, I thought it was an indication that 3456 monitors didn't give information, but I see it also lists your monitor: Compaq; Compaq V70 Color Monitor; cpq170a; 30.0-69.0; 50-125.0; 1 The workstation I am sitting at has a TRL 100f monitor as detected by XFree86. The FCC ID shows it is from Royal Information Electronic's Company. I had to manually set the VertRefresh and HorizSync. The MonitorsDB (which I don't use yet under *BSD) has 7 TRL/RIC entries, but not mine. My goal for this is not only for this FreeBSD "advocacy" discussion, but that I have built custom NetBSD Live CDs for a couple years that I want to have instant X configuration wherever it is used. (With older XFree86 3.x, my CD provided four different XF86Config files for 1280x1024, 1024x768, 800x600, and 640x480 VESA standards.) Jeremy C. Reed http://bsd.reedmedia.net/