[olug] EDID and xorg.conf

Tue Aug 4 07:36:35 UTC 2009

--- On Mon, 8/3/09, Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at cox.net> wrote:

> I'm trying to get my nvidia drivers
> to recognize a NEC Multisync 95 19" CRT 
> and allow higher resolution than
> 640x480.   Running X -configure discloses 
> that X is having problems reading the EDID for the
> display.   Is there a way 
> to furnish that to X at the command line, or am I just
> stuck building a 
> custom xorg.conf by hand?
> 
> Dave

http://freshmeat.net/projects/read-edid/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_display_identification_data


Kevin D. Snodgrass