Bug#243575: X configuration should allow to let out monitor frequencies and allow DDC to get them.

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 03:57:31AM -0800, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 12:50:11PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> > I would recomend that the X debconf questions about monitor frequencies allow
> > for the entering of an empty string, which would leave out the frequency
> > option of the config files, and the text above it be modified to inform the
> > user that he can let this entries blank if he has a monitor capable of DDC.
> 
> Yes, and I believe these questions should not even be asked per default.

Notice that only x86 has read-edid, so there is hardly a way not to ask these
questions. Furthermore, just leaving the frequency lines out breaks horribly
for the older monitor with broken or inexistend DDC/EDID support.

Friendly,

Sven Luther