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Date:      Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:03:47 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Peo Nilsson <per-olof.nilsson@comhem.se>
Cc:        FreeBSD quest-list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Xorg.0.log (what's this info about?)
Message-ID:  <20071016075540.F45832@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <1192532645.16051.13.camel@zeus.se>
References:  <1192532645.16051.13.camel@zeus.se>

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On Tue, 16 Oct 2007, Peo Nilsson wrote:
> In my /var/log/Xorg.0.log I find this at the end:
>
> ...<snap>
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select"
> (**) Option "BaudRate" "1200"
> (**) Option "StopBits" "2"
> (**) Option "DataBits" "8"
> (**) Option "Parity" "None"
> (**) Option "Vmin" "1"
> (**) Option "Vtime" "0"
> (**) Option "FlowControl" "None"
> SetGrabKeysState - enabled
> ...<snap>
>
> As far as I know, (**) means that it's from the config
> file, but I have put *nothing* about this in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
> To me it looks like a modem is being initiated...

There's a serial channel between the video card and monitor called DDC:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_Data_Channel

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA



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