My various PC's are booting from the same disk image, so I have to figure out the hardware each time a machine boots. That is why I don't just look it up and hard-code it.
On 10/10/07, Rajko M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 10 October 2007 10:17:10 am Xn Nooby wrote: > > I have some very old hardware running essentially SUSE 9.1, and some > > of the PC's have video cards that ddcprobe can't probe. I get a > > message that "EDID read failed". I need to be able to determine what > > kind of monitor is connected to the PC, somehow. Ddcprobe works great > > on the machines with newer videocards, and it actually spits out the > > vendors model description. The old videocards do not seem to be able > > to query the monitor. > > > > Maybe an app that queries the monitor directly? > > > > Or maybe a value somewhere in /proc/sys ? > > > > Any suggestions? > > Classic system: > Take monitor model from label on the rear and ask: > 1. Manufacturer web site > 2. Google > > -- > Regards, > Rajko. > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
