Getting monitor resolutions when xorg isn't running

[Barry Scott]

On 19/02/10 15:47, David Sveningsson wrote:
> On 2010-02-19 16:27, John Tapsell wrote:
>    
>> On 19 February 2010 14:53, David Sveningsson<ext at sidvind.com>   wrote:
>>      
>>> Hi, is it possible to get a list of supported resolutions for a monitor,
>>> similar to using xrandr, but even if xorg hasn't been started?
>>>        
>> sudo apt-get install xresprobe
>> sudo  ddcprobe | grep ^mode:
>>      
> Thanks, good enough. I had to build it from source since I don't run a
> debian-based distribution.
>
> But does xresprobe deal with multiple monitors?
>    
We used to use a program like ddcprobe but hit problems on some
hardware because it depended on calling video bios functions to
get the DDC. Not all video bios supported what was needed.

Barry