14 Nov
2012
14 Nov
'12
9:41 a.m.
On 14 November 2012 09:29, Bev Nicolson lumos60@gmail.com wrote:
My current one, a fine (imo) LCD monitor, was £20. (Hansol 700Fs - we have a great second hand computer here!) Thing is, I worry that 5 years down the line, the latest Ubuntu won't recognise it.
Most monitors, especially LCD screens, and doubly especially anything with HDMI, should be self describing with an EDID. The EDID includes things like the monitor's name, serial number and list of possible modes. The OS doesn't need to keep a massive list of all known monitors - it just asks for the EDID and usually picks the mode labelled "Preferred".
Tim.