Re: how to find the specs of a monitor
Raquel wrote: On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:53:17 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 03:37:19PM -0400, 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? Well, this may sound stupid and low-tech, but what I did last time was to Google the monitor make and model. I got the online manual for the monitor from that. very fruitful and sensible action in my opinion. s. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to find the specs of a monitor
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 07:56:01PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: [...] It is not stupid at all. The problem is that I do not know the model of this monitor. All it says on the LCD panel is that it is a Dell monitor. There is no other information like model number etc., nothing on the back or bottom or anywhere? WOW! okay. do this X -configure then follow its instructions for starting a dual-head system. It probably won't work, but what I'm after is the /var/log/Xorg.0.log it produces. There may be monitor information in that log file... When I run X -configure The Xorg.0.log is about 20 Kb. Since it is a bit big, I uploaded it to http://kamaraju.googlepages.com/Xorg.0.log_20070621.txt The error messages that appear on the command line are X Window System Version 7.1.1 Release Date: 12 May 2006 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1 Build Operating System: UNKNOWN Current Operating System: Linux kusumanchi.mae.cornell.edu 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP Wed Feb 21 16:06:54 UTC 2007 i686 Build Date: 04 April 2007 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Thu Jun 21 14:20:03 2007 List of video drivers: ark v4l apm i810 sisusb nsc ati cyrix trident i128 vga savage via radeon tseng tga chips voodoo tdfx glint mga s3virge fglrx rendition siliconmotion atimisc r128 dummy newport imstt neomagic vmware cirrus s3 nv sis i740 fbdev vesa Backtrace: 0: X(xf86SigHandler+0x84) [0x80c4354] 1: [0x40017420] 2: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so(R200Probe+0x121) [0x405e9fd1] 3: X(DoConfigure+0x20c) [0x80b60dc] 4: X(InitOutput+0x66a) [0x80a018a] 5: X(main+0x276) [0x806e486] 6: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xc8) [0x4010eea8] 7: X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0xa9) [0x806d9d1] Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting thanks 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]
Re: how to find the specs of a monitor
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 07:56:01PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: It is not stupid at all. The problem is that I do not know the model of this monitor. All it says on the LCD panel is that it is a Dell monitor. There is no other information like model number etc., nothing on the back or bottom or anywhere? okay. do this X -configure When I run X -configure The Xorg.0.log is about 20 Kb. Since it is a bit big, I uploaded it to http://kamaraju.googlepages.com/Xorg.0.log_20070621.txt Hey Kamaraju. I can't see anything useful in there. I'd suggest hwinfo, but no telling if it would see the second monitor and report it. Might be worth a try anyway? I think your best bet is that read EDID suggestion. Too bad you can't just hook it up to another box and boot Knoppix. That'd sort it out soon enough. Bon chance. :-P -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Linux Counter #80292 - -http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.htmlPlease, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to find the specs of a monitor
On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 12:38:30AM +, s. keeling wrote: Kamaraju S Kusumanchi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 07:56:01PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: It is not stupid at all. The problem is that I do not know the model of this monitor. All it says on the LCD panel is that it is a Dell monitor. There is no other information like model number etc., nothing on the back or bottom or anywhere? okay. do this X -configure When I run X -configure The Xorg.0.log is about 20 Kb. Since it is a bit big, I uploaded it to http://kamaraju.googlepages.com/Xorg.0.log_20070621.txt that log shows a seg fault. Does 'X -configure' produce /root/xorg.conf.new? that log is from the -configure run. What I'd like to see is the output from X -config /root/xorg.conf.new if one is generated. But I suspect its not since the X server dies. Otherwise, you're kind of shooting blind, but if you can get xorg to recognise the second pipe or whatever they call a potential video output, then it will probably detect the monitor reasonably well. At least enough for you to get a model out of the xorg logs. I don't know if we've covered this, but what are your options for the second video output? is it BIOS controlled? is there a hot key involved? It may be that the video out isn't turned on?? Hey Kamaraju. I can't see anything useful in there. I'd suggest hwinfo, but no telling if it would see the second monitor and report it. Might be worth a try anyway? I think your best bet is that read EDID suggestion. Both hwinfo and read-edid fail to show the second monitor in my dual head rig (just got it set up -- w00t!)... Too bad you can't just hook it up to another box and boot Knoppix. That'd sort it out soon enough. Bon chance. :-P that's the ticket there... A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
how to find the specs of a monitor
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? thanks 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]
Re: how to find the specs of a monitor
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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? The EDID data from the monitor should tell all. Most drivers for modern hardware have support for parsing this information and configuring themselves accordingly, and failing that there are command line tools for this. Google should help you, now that you have an acronym to search on. :P If it matters, the laptop as such runs Etch (stable). Any ideas? thanks raju -- Andrew J. Barr Woke up in my clothes again this morning, don't know exactly where I am... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to find the specs of a monitor
On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 03:37:19PM -0400, 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? try the read-edid package and specifically get-ided | parse-edid as root should give some good information. Also, if you have any kind of name (which you might get from edid above) you can google that. There is a wealth of monitor information on the web... A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: how to find the specs of a monitor
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 03:37:19PM -0400, 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? try the read-edid package and specifically get-ided | parse-edid as root should give some good information. This is what I am getting with the above command. I think it is giving information about only one monitor. If I am correct that information belongs to the laptop's monitor. What about the external monitor's specs? $sudo get-edid | parse-edid parse-edid: parse-edid version 1.4.1 get-edid: get-edid version 1.4.1 Performing real mode VBE call Interrupt 0x10 ax=0x4f00 bx=0x0 cx=0x0 Function supported Call successful VBE version 300 VBE string at 0xc0248 ATI ATOMBIOS VBE/DDC service about to be called Report DDC capabilities Performing real mode VBE call Interrupt 0x10 ax=0x4f15 bx=0x0 cx=0x0 Function supported Call successful Monitor and video card combination does not support DDC1 transfers Monitor and video card combination supports DDC2 transfers 0 seconds per 128 byte EDID block transfer Screen is not blanked during DDC transfer Reading next EDID block VBE/DDC service about to be called Read EDID Performing real mode VBE call Interrupt 0x10 ax=0x4f15 bx=0x1 cx=0x0 Function supported Call successful parse-edid: EDID checksum passed. # EDID version 1 revision 3 Section Monitor # Block type: 2:0 3:f # Block type: 2:0 3:fe # Block type: 2:0 3:fe Identifier SEC:5032 VendorName SEC ModelName SEC:5032 # Block type: 2:0 3:f # Block type: 2:0 3:fe # Block type: 2:0 3:fe # DPMS capabilities: Active off:no Suspend:no Standby:no Mode1680x1050 # vfreq 59.999Hz, hfreq 64.799kHz DotClock119.23 HTimings1680 1728 1760 1840 VTimings1050 1052 1058 1080 Flags -HSync -VSync EndMode # Block type: 2:0 3:f # Block type: 2:0 3:fe # Block type: 2:0 3:fe EndSection -- 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]
Re: how to find the specs of a monitor
On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 04:19:32PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 03:37:19PM -0400, 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? try the read-edid package and specifically get-ided | parse-edid as root should give some good information. This is what I am getting with the above command. I think it is giving information about only one monitor. If I am correct that information belongs to the laptop's monitor. What about the external monitor's specs? hmmm... good point. I don't know is the short version. only you are looking at themonitors and will be able to tell. Again, I recommend you get whatever you can off themonitor itself and use google. That has always gotten me good information on old or unknown monitors. also, if you're going for dual head, i've found 'X -configure' to be a useful tool. It puts an xorg.conf.new in /root for you to look at. MIght be helpful. A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: how to find the specs of a monitor
On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:53:17 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 03:37:19PM -0400, 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? Well, this may sound stupid and low-tech, but what I did last time was to Google the monitor make and model. I got the online manual for the monitor from that. -- Raquel When a religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not support itself, and God does not take care to support it so that its professors are obliged to call for help of the civil power, 'tis a sign, I apprehend, of its being a bad one. --Benjamin Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to find the specs of a monitor
Raquel wrote: On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:53:17 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 03:37:19PM -0400, 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? Well, this may sound stupid and low-tech, but what I did last time was to Google the monitor make and model. I got the online manual for the monitor from that. It is not stupid at all. The problem is that I do not know the model of this monitor. All it says on the LCD panel is that it is a Dell monitor. There is no other information like model number etc., 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]
Re: how to find the specs of a monitor
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 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.
Mike
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Re: how to find the specs of a monitor
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]
Re: how to find the specs of a monitor
On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 07:56:01PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: [...] It is not stupid at all. The problem is that I do not know the model of this monitor. All it says on the LCD panel is that it is a Dell monitor. There is no other information like model number etc., nothing on the back or bottom or anywhere? WOW! okay. do this X -configure then follow its instructions for starting a dual-head system. It probably won't work, but what I'm after is the /var/log/Xorg.0.log it produces. There may be monitor information in that log file... A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: how to find the specs of a monitor
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote:
Mike McCarty wrote:
[...]
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,
It takes the output of read-edid and dumps it in more-or-less human
format.
you got me lost with the above paragraph. In any case, I would appreciate
if you can email the source and the executable.
On its way under separate cover. Remember, this is a preliminary
program which simply runs as a filter. No error checks. No fancy
comments. Just plunge on and do something. If read-edid doesn't get
the info, then this program can't do any more for you. I just wanted
more info from the output.
Mike
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Re: how to find the specs of a monitor
On June 20, 2007 08:56:01 pm Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: Raquel wrote: On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:53:17 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 03:37:19PM -0400, 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? Well, this may sound stupid and low-tech, but what I did last time was to Google the monitor make and model. I got the online manual for the monitor from that. It is not stupid at all. The problem is that I do not know the model of this monitor. All it says on the LCD panel is that it is a Dell monitor. There is no other information like model number etc., When I put my Dell together on the inside back where the stand went into it had the model number stamped there perhaps yours does too. Another thing you could do is measure the monitor so you know what size it is then start googling from that Dell only makes so many models after all, it should be relatively easy to find even if you go to Dells site and look at all of them of that size. raju Stephen -- GPG Public Key: http://users.eastlink.ca/~stephencormier/publickey.asc signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
