[Novalug] screen resolution, continued

[Mackenzie Morgan]

On Monday 18 May 2009 2:25:43 am James Ewing Cottrell 3rd wrote:
> Mackenzie Morgan wrote:
> > On Monday 18 May 2009 12:39:56 am James Ewing Cottrell 3rd wrote:
> >> The problem with auto-detection is that it's a leap-frog game. Products 
> >> that are newer than the software won't be in the Model Database.
> > 
> > That's not how it works.  It's supposed to query the screen, asking "what 
> > resolutions do you support?" and go by that.
> 
> OK, so you are saying that a probe returns parseable multiple 
> attribute/value(s) pairs. That make more sense than "tell me your name 
> and I'll look up your characteristics in a database".
> 
> But it still doesn't explain why some devices aren't being recognized 
> correctly. Maybe I am just buying cheap devices (Acer LCDs). Or maybe 
> the software still uses the old Model Lookup code.

Some devices return stupid/wrong answers :)

-- 
Mackenzie Morgan
http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com
apt-get moo
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