Re: Is the monitor ON?

["Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen@gmail.com>]

2008/8/7  <owens@netptc.net>:
> AFAIK the computer to monitor interface has no feedback telling the
> computer that the monitor's power is ON.  If true then the computer
> has no mechanism for determining the state of the monitor.

Then how does Debian probe the monitor for available resolutions
during install? To check if the monitor is on, probe it for available
resolutions. If you get no answer, then it is off.

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