Fedora 12, Xorg, and Apex Outlook KVM, - can't nail resolution
Styma, Robert E (Robert)
robert.styma at alcatel-lucent.com
Wed May 26 16:12:09 UTC 2010
> >
> > <rant>Since the video card is correctly identified, if it cannot figure
> > out what the monitor is, it should let you use what the video
> > card can handle instead of locking you in to 800x600.
> > </rant>
>
> Except that using higher resolutions can damage monitors if they can't
> handle it. Admittedly, this would be old CRTs, but the missing EDID case
> is also likely to be due to old hardware.
It appears that Xorg has gotten so good at protecting me from myself that
when it comes up with the wrong answer, I am just stuck. Maybe a different
8 port KVM might produce better results, but I am not ready to buy another.
Bob S.
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