Re: [Hampshire] xorg defaults on MPC-L

Philip Stubbs wrote:
> 2009/10/5 Simon Reap <simon@???>:
>> This is on xubuntu 8.04 (which is what the MPC came with), but I
>> have the same problem on a debian sid server at work - on that one I
>> normally run it headless, but sometimes (i.e. when I accidentally
>> leave my work laptop at home), I want to plug in a real screen and
>> see a reasonable resolution.
>>
>
> Have a look for EDID. This is the info that xorg gets from the
> monitor. You should be able to extract it manually, and there are
> tools to create the correct file for it. Then you can add an option to
> your config file for x that uses this information. It was some time
> ago that I was playing with this, but I know EDID is one option open
> to you.
>

Thanks! I'll have a dig around with that and report on progress.

Simon