Re: [ddccontrol-users] another unsupported monitor: SGI GDM-5411

[Nicolas B. <ni...@bo...>]

Hi,

Your monitors use a standard-compliant, but no very common CAPS string
(it's the first time I see it), and ddccontrol is unable to parse it.

Could you please apply the attached patch, then run
# LANG= LC_ALL= ./ddccontrol -p -c -d
again on both monitors ?

I'll then provide you the database files with a workaround that will
make your monitors usable without this patch.

Thanks,

Best regards,

Nicolas

On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 16:55 -0800, Florin Andrei wrote:
> - ddccontrol-0.4
> - Fedora Core 4
> - NVidia binary drivers v8178
> - PCI graphics card: GeForce FX 5200
> - monitor: SGI GDM-5411
> 
> This one is a dual-head setup, with the desktop spanning two identical
> monitors at a total resolution of 2048x768
> 
> I wonder if ddccontrol works with a dual-head setup - whether it can
> control both monitors or not.
> 
> # LANG= LC_ALL= ./ddccontrol -p -c -d
> ddccontrol version 0.4
> Copyright 2004-2005 Oleg I. Vdovikin (ol...@cs...)
> Copyright 2004-2006 Nicolas Boichat (ni...@bo...)
> This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> You may redistribute copies of this program under the terms of the GNU
> General Public License.
> 
> Probing for available monitors..I/O warning : failed to load external
> entity "/opt/ddccontrol/share/ddccontrol-db/monitor/SGX0200.xml"
> Document not parsed successfully.
> I/O warning : failed to load external entity
> "/opt/ddccontrol/share/ddccontrol-db/monitor/SGXcrt.xml"
> Document not parsed successfully.
> .
> Detected monitors :
>  - Device: pci:00:08.0-2
>    DDC/CI supported: Yes
>    Monitor Name: VESA standard monitor
>    Input type: Analog
>   (Automatically selected)
> Reading EDID and initializing DDC/CI at bus pci:00:08.0-2...
> Invalid sequence in caps.
> I/O warning : failed to load external entity
> "/opt/ddccontrol/share/ddccontrol-db/monitor/SGX0200.xml"
> Document not parsed successfully.
> I/O warning : failed to load external entity
> "/opt/ddccontrol/share/ddccontrol-db/monitor/SGXcrt.xml"
> Document not parsed successfully.
> 
> EDID readings:
>         Plug and Play ID: SGX0200 [VESA standard monitor]
>         Input type: Analog
> =============================== WARNING ===============================
> There is no support for your monitor in the database, but ddccontrol is
> using a basic generic profile. Many controls will not be supported, and
> some controls may not work as expected.
> Please update ddccontrol-db, or, if you are already using the latest
> version, please send the output of the following command to
> ddc...@li...:
> 
> LANG= LC_ALL= ddccontrol -p -c -d
> 
> Thank you.
> =============================== WARNING ===============================
> 
> Capabilities:
> Invalid sequence in caps.
> Raw output: (prot(monitor)  type(crt) model( SGX0002           edid
> bin(128(
> Parsed output:
>         VCP:
>         Type: CRT
> 
> Controls (valid/current/max) [Description - Value name]:
> Control 0x00: +/0/0   [???]
> Control 0x01: +/0/0   [???]
> Control 0x08: +/0/0   [???]
> Control 0x10: +/0/255   [???]
> Control 0x12: +/185/255   [???]
> Control 0x14: +/2/2   [???]
> Control 0x16: +/243/255   [???]
> Control 0x18: +/222/255   [???]
> Control 0x1a: +/225/255   [???]
> Control 0x20: +/126/255   [???]
> Control 0x22: +/170/255   [???]
> Control 0x24: +/120/255   [???]
> Control 0x26: +/113/255   [???]
> Control 0x28: +/125/255   [???]
> Control 0x30: +/163/255   [???]
> Control 0x32: +/163/255   [???]
> Control 0x38: +/134/255   [???]
> Control 0x40: +/134/255   [???]
> Control 0x42: +/169/255   [???]
> Control 0x44: +/105/255   [???]
> Control 0x54: +/172/240   [???]
> Control 0x56: +/0/255   [???]
> Control 0x68: +/1/8   [???]
> Control 0x6c: +/128/255   [???]
> Control 0x6e: +/128/255   [???]
> Control 0x70: +/128/255   [???]
> Control 0xe0: +/0/0   [???]
> Control 0xe2: +/0/0   [???]
> Control 0xf1: +/137/255   [???]
> Control 0xf2: +/123/255   [???]
> Control 0xf3: +/138/255   [???]
> Control 0xf4: +/149/255   [???]
> Control 0xf5: +/0/2   [???]
> Control 0xf6: +/154/255   [???]
> Control 0xf7: +/111/255   [???]
>