On Wed, 2026-07-01 at 18:46 -0500, Ranjan Maitra via users wrote: > On Wed Jul01'26 10:08:42PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > From: Patrick O'Callaghan <[email protected]> > > Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:08:42 +0100 > > To: [email protected] > > Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users > > <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: OT: recommendations for a 2880x1800 external monitor? > > > > On Wed, 2026-07-01 at 15:31 -0500, Ranjan Maitra via users wrote: > > > > Well, first approach would be to look up what modes your > > > > graphics > > > > card > > > > supports. > > > > > > I am sorry, but do I figure this out? > > > > Run 'inxi -G --edid' to get information on the GPU and the modes > > the > > current monitor supports. > > Thank you! Don't I have to actually get the monitor to get this > information? >
It looks like it. I had expected inxi to show the modes the GPU could offer, but it apparently only shows the ones actually available on the current monitor: > modes: 2880x1800 which isn't much help. You'd need to attach an external monitor to see anything different. However as Barry says the online info for any monitor you might consider should have this data, and in most cases you can download the manual to check. poc -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
