--- On Wed, 7/2/08, Beartooth <Beartooth@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Beartooth <Beartooth@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Wide, flat, & weird : HP w2207h with F8 & F9 > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 12:25 PM > On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:33:55 +0200, Björn Persson wrote: > [...] > > The DMI data doesn't come from the various pieces > of hardware > > themselves. It's all stored in a memory on the > motherboard, so it > > doesn't necessarily have anything to do with what > hardware is actually > > installed. It seems only big corporations have tools > to write to the DMI > > memory. > > > >> Is there something else I should be looking for?? > What I know of > >> hardware would go in a gnat's eye -- and never > discommode the gnat. > > > > Try running lspci and looking for words like > "display", "graphics" and > > "VGA". > > On the #1 machine : > > ===== ===== ===== > > [root@localhost btth]# lspci|grep VGA > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. > K8M890 > [Chrome9] Integrated Video (rev 01) > [root@localhost btth]# It appears to be the same as mine: [root@localhost ~]# lspci|grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M890 [Chrome9] Integrated Video (rev 11) [root@localhost ~]# Start you machine in level 3, you shall see the difference. Read my other post, it will tell you my experience. Regards, Antonio > ===== ===== ===== > > But there is later, better info -- which I have just > posted here, > under the thread "Re: Fedora 9 Openchrome drv HP > w2207h Monitor" > > -- > Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert > Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
