[Grml] Re: fun with x

[Michael Prokop]

* T <mlist4suntong at yahoo.com> [20060805 17:15]:
> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 11:02:36 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote:

> > Well, grml-x currently does not use "get-edid | parse-edid" but uses just
> > hwinfo and the mechanisms of X-server itself.

> > The main problem is: who can you trust? To give you an example how
> > unreliable all the X-server stuff is take a look at my box:

> > # get-edid | parse-edid
> > [...]
> > The EDID data should not be trusted as the VBE call failed Error: output
> > block unchanged
> > parse-edid: IO error reading EDID

> May I suggest that if "get-edid | parse-edid" can return valid results,
> use it as the first choice? I just run it and found that it is much
> meaningful them my current xorg.conf result, which uses screen[0] and
> device[0]. 

Yes, I will consider 'get-edid | parse-edid' for inclusion in
the rewrite of grml-x.

> FYI, what is automatically detected from my system:
[...]

Thanks.

regards,
-mika-
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