Comment 8 for bug 43276

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Bruce Miller (brm0423) wrote : Re: [Bug 43276] Re: Please include Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24-inch Wide Aspect Flat Panel LCD Monitor in hardware database

Thanks for alerting me to the existence of the ddcprobe command. I found it in the xresprobe package.

Andreas had better luck than I. Admittedly, my Dell 2405 FPW is connected through a KVM switch. I will take out the switch and report back whether the results are any different.

bruce@Herodotus:~$ sudo ddcprobe
vbe: VESA 3.0 detected.
oem: NVIDIA
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
product: NV36 Board - p191-4n Chip Rev
memory: 262144kb
mode: 640x400x256
mode: 640x480x256
mode: 800x600x16
mode: 800x600x256
mode: 1024x768x16
mode: 1024x768x256
mode: 1280x1024x16
mode: 1280x1024x256
mode: 320x200x64k
mode: 320x200x16m
mode: 640x480x64k
mode: 640x480x16m
mode: 800x600x64k
mode: 800x600x16m
mode: 1024x768x64k
mode: 1024x768x16m
mode: 1280x1024x64k
mode: 1280x1024x16m
edid:
edidfail
bruce@Herodotus:~$