INF information for Dell 1920x1200 15.4" widescreen display needed.

[Gene C.]

On Wednesday 18 May 2005 09:20, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 21:46 -0700, Mister Ribbit wrote:
> > On 5/17/05, Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 17 May 2005, Alexandre Strube wrote:
> > > > Em Ter, 2005-05-17 às 19:17 -0700, Raymond Lillard escreveu:
> > > > > > I've got a bug files in bugzilla to get a "1920x1200 Laptop
> > > > > > Display Panel" included under the Dell heading in
> > > > > > system-config-display, but I need the INF file (which for various
> > > > > > reasons, none nefarious, I can't supply).
> > > > > > If someone on  this list could obtain this file, could they post
> > > > > > it to the bug below so that this could be addressed?
> > > > >
> > > > > What INF file?  This isn't windows.
> > > >
> > > > No, the inf file, from the monitor's cd (if you have it).
> > > >
> > > > It can contain useful information, even if xorg won't use it
> > > > directly.
> > > >
> > > > (I use this sometimes to find pci ids of stuff BEFORE formatting a
> > > > machine with linux, so when I install linux, I already found the
> > > > correct drivers/modules/whatever for them).
> > > >
> > > > Too lazy to download pci-scan when a pile of .infs are inside
> > > > \windows \inf\ and inf\other
> > >
> > > Do most laptop displays have INF files shipped on the laptop CDs?  I've
> > > tried and failed to find any INF files for any inspiron/latitidue
> > > built-in LCD on Dell's site and their FTP, otherwise I would have added
> > > them when I added all the other Dell monitors to system-config-display
> > > about 2 months ago.  I don't think you can find them online, I think
> > > you ahve to have the CDs.
> >
> > I have the CD here for a Dell Inspiron 8600 which comes with a
> > 1920x1200 screen.  I've tried extracting all drivers on the disk and
> > looking for something to do with the monitor, but there's tonnes of
> > crap here and I'm not sure what to look for.  Any hints?
>
> Any file that ends in ".inf" is a candidate.

OK, I don't have a Dell but I do have a Compaq Presario R3000z laptop 
(Athlon64) with a widescreen capable of displaying 1920x1200.  I checked the 
drivers DVD that came with it and nothing there.  I then checked XP itself (I 
still have it installed in a shrunken partition) and there are a whole bunch 
of .inf files (it looks like thousands and is at least hundreds).  There are 
eight "monitor" files (monitor, monitor2, monitor3, etc.).

Looking at a couple of there file I see that they cover a number of 
manufacturers (monitor.inf includes Compaq and Dell).

These files have a "Copyright by Microsoft" notice in each of them so I am not 
sure about the legality of sharing them.  However, I would be surprised if 
the folks at Red Hat don't have XP installed somewhere in their organization 
so they should be able to find the same files I did.
-- 
Gene