[NTLUG:Discuss] Monitor list in system-config-display

[Leroy Tennison]

On 08/20/2011 01:07 AM, Gilbert Morrow wrote:
> Again in Suse it is /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-monitor.conf, it might be the
> same for your OS . For run level 3 In GRUB try, shift>f3, or ctrl>  alt>  3 ,
> been a long time since I have used anything but Suse .
> Thieves come though Windows, that its why I use Linux.
> On Aug 20, 2011 12:55 AM, "Leroy Tennison"<leroy_tennison at prodigy.net>
> wrote:
>> Does anyone know what file holds the list of monitors in
>> system-config-display? Again, searching the web wasn't productive.
>> Tried grep (from root as root) for my old monitor's manufacturer name -
>> ran forever, I finally gave up and killed the process. Tried lsof
>> output but there were too many entries. Tried rpm -ql on the
>> system-config-display package and found
>> /usr/share/system-config-display/monitorDialog.py but I didn't find what
>> looked like a promising path name in it and don't know the language so I
>> didn't spot any clues, maybe someone can help here. The reason I'm
>> interested is I'm wondering what is behind those selections in case I
>> buy a brand/model of flat screen which isn't listed.
>>
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Thanks for the reply, I wish it was the same for Red Hat - it isn't