On 2016-03-26 22:23 -0700, John Conover wrote:
> Nvidia GeForce 7300 with 1280x1024 monitor connected to the VGA port,
> and xrandr -q:
>
> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 4096 x 4096
> DVI-I-1 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y
> axis) 338mm x 270mm
> 1280x1024 60.0*+ 75.0
> .
> .
> .
> 720x400 70.1
> VGA-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> TV-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
>
> Note that DVI-I-1 is listed as connected, VGA-1 is disconnected.
>
> Is it normal for xrandr to report the DVI connected when the monitor
> is connected to the VGA?
Probably the kernel has the connectors mixed up. My monitor is
connected via DVI, but the kernel thinks otherwise:
,----
| $ cat /sys/class/drm/card0-DVI-I-1/enabled
| disabled
| $ cat /sys/class/drm/card0-VGA-1/enabled
| enabled
`----
Naturally, xrandr reports the same false information.
> All xrandr arguments, (addmode, newmode, etc.,) should control DVI-I-1,
> even though the monitor is connected to the VGA, right?
Indeed.
Cheers,
Sven
