Mike McCarty wrote: > 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? > > You got some useful info, but seemingly can't read the specs. > I suggest you connect it as your *only* monitor, and use the > EDID info from it. >
I am trying to connect the external monitor to a laptop. I dont think there is an option to switch off laptop's monitor and switch on only the external monitor. At this place, I do not have access to another desktop. > I think that the read-edid is informative, but wanted a more > complete dump. Today is the first I heard of it. But, in any > case, I am working on a program to dump everything in it. > If you need a prelim. version, I can shoot you source, or > an executable. Contact me off-list. > You mean you are working on a standalone program which gives complete info of the monitor specs? or you are working on a program which extracts information from read-edid and then gives the specs of the monitor? Sorry, you got me lost with the above paragraph. In any case, I would appreciate if you can email the source and the executable. raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]