On 2011/04/16 17:39 (GMT+0200) C composed:
Now before someone pops up and says yah but my monitor yadda yadda, I didn't say all... I said most. Everyone here has acknowledged that there are "corner cases" where X fails to autodetect... either because of an explicit bug - which from what I read in this thread is highly likely to be the OP's problem, or because the hardware is unusual/odd or has special case needs. These special cases are NOT the majority. These are uncommon... very uncommon.
They're more common than you seem to think. http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Hardware/Display/ represents 14 displays (14 out of 16 functional in the building): 1 Vizio HDTV 1 Viewsonic 1400x1050 LCD 1 Dell shadowmask 1 Dell 1600x1200 LCD 1 Dell 1400x1050 laptop 3 Dell Trinitrons 3 IBM Trinitrons 1 Sony Trinitron 2 NEC shadowmasks 1 NEC, the laptop, and all 3 Dell Trinitrons, 5 of 14 total units, have no EDID. A few of those datasets represent additional EDID failures, but those were all corrected by a cable change. IOW, not only can a display itself have bad EDID, but a cable problem also can cause EDID failure. Not all cables with 15 pins showing have wires connecting all that need connecting. Some don't even have pins in all 15 positions. Trinitrons normally deteriorate with age, but Sony software can be used to adjust them to extend their lives. Using that software apparently can invalidate the EDID checksum. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org