On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 23:38 -0700, perryh_(_at_)_pluto_(_dot_)_rain_(_dot_)_com wrote: > Is there any way to re-probe the monitor's DDC/EDID while the > X server is running? > > I don't expect the server to change the settings it is _using_ > without restarting, but would like to get the list of supported > Modelines for a newly-connected monitor -- as would be generated > in the course of "Xorg -configure" -- while the server continues > to run using its old settings. Of course there would be no need > to re-probe anything but the monitor, since all other hardware > remains the same. > > The motivation is to simplify a monitor upgrade from: > > * Log out of X session (restarts X). > * Disable xdm in /etc/ttys (shuts down X). > * Xorg -configure. > * Merge the Modelines from the "Xorg -configure" output into > the existing xorg.conf -- using the text-mode console (or > restart X with the old settings just to do this merge). > * Re-enable xdm in /etc/ttys (restarts X). > * Log in/start new X session. > > to > > * Re-probe monitor. > * Merge the new Modelines into xorg.conf. > * Log out / log in (restarts X session using new settings). xrandr? robert. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11_(_at_)_freebsd_(_dot_)_org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe_(_at_)_freebsd_(_dot_)_org" -- Robert Noland <rnoland_(_at_)_FreeBSD_(_dot_)_org> FreeBSD
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