question about new monitor...

Wed Jul 30 17:31:36 UTC 2008

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

Roland
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