Messages in this thread | | | From | "Glenn McGrath" <> | Subject | Re: Re: New Idea? Capture video settings details in Win98/etc. forXFree86 config | Date | Tue, 14 Sep 1999 07:33:30 +1000 |
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Project Lothar which is being sponsored by mandrake linux (link to it from there web page) is doing detection of ISA PNP devices using a pnp id and a lookup table.
I dont think they plan to do PCI devices, but i guess its a start, check it out.
> On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 09:16:12AM -0400, Stephen D. Williams wrote: > > > > Most of the hardware that windows 98 can find in your PC and SUPPORTED > > > in Linux can be found quite easily. Try the latest distributions > > > (Redhat Loxar, Caldera OpenLinux 2.3, SuSE 6.2 etc) > > I pointed this out. Detecting the hardware all or most of the time isn't > > the problem although sometimes detecting ram and clock settings seems > > deficient. > > How does windows find these infos? Normally it doesn't even look for it. I > have yet to see a Windows fresh install that does _not_ come up in > 640x480x16. > > Is there someone working on "Monitor PnP" (DDC?) or something?, that would > probably be the way to go. Steal infos from Windows is not bad, but not > everybody has Windows. > > > > Also, Windows like to mess with IRQ's, DMA's and stuff that you'll no > > > neccsary agree to the same settings on Linux... > > The dot clocks, scan frequencies, and to a lesser extent the video mode > > are what's needed. These are the parameters that really need to be tuned > > manually often with XFree86 because you don't have the benefit of details > > of the particular card you have. These should be register settings in > > the video hardware which shouldn't involve any OS details except how to > > get access to them when they are set properly. > > Yes. What would be very nice would be a cddb-like hwdb for hardware tuning, > which could be duplicated on a distribution and used for installation. When > the user then changes his settings and inputs new ones, he is asked if he > wants to upload those new settings. > > Just for video, sound, monitor, printer settings. All those settings that > are hard, if not impossible, to auto detect, because you don't know what > the user wants. > > Nice idea. Anyone? :) > > > > -- > _ciao, Jens_______________________________ http://www.pinguin.conetix.de > > You can tune a file system, but you can't tuna fish > -- man tunefs > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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