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Re: how to find the specs of a monitor



On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 04:19:32PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote:
> Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 03:37:19PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote:
> >> I am trying to setup a dual screen from a laptop with another LCD
> >> monitor. However, this new monitor came without any manuals,
> >> documentation etc., I know that it is working but I just dont know the
> >> specs. How can I find out what its Horizontal frequency and vertical
> >> refresh rates etc. are, so that I input them into the monitor section of
> >> xorg.conf file?
> >> 
> >> If it matters, the laptop as such runs Etch (stable).
> >> 
> >> Any ideas?
> > 
> > try the read-edid package and specifically
> > 
> > get-ided | parse-edid
> > 
> > as root should give some good information.
> > 
> 
> This is what I am getting with the above command. I think it is giving
> information about only one monitor. If I am correct that information
> belongs to the laptop's monitor. What about the external monitor's specs?
> 

hmmm... good point. I don't know is the short version. only you are
looking at themonitors and will be able to tell. 

Again, I recommend you get whatever you can off themonitor itself and
use google. That has always gotten me good information on old or
unknown monitors. 

also, if you're going for dual head, i've found 'X -configure' to be a
useful tool. It puts an xorg.conf.new in /root for you to look
at. MIght be helpful.

A

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