Bug 85475 – ddcxinfo-knoppix-0.6: Data VendorName, ModelName wrong

• Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Jonas MG 2005-03-16 01:44:58 UTC]

1)
ddcxinfo-knoppix -monitor

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName      "PHL"
        ModelName       "PHLe008"

VendorName and ModelName data are wrong.

At run ddcprobe, I check to:
ID: e008
EISA ID: PHLe008

Correct data would be got of:
Monitor details 2:
        Name: PHILIPS 109S

and so:
      VendorName      "PHILIPS"
      ModelName       "109S"

2) It would be installed 'ddcprobe'. It get important data as memory graphic card, DPMS flags (energy star), input signal type.

doexe ddcxinfo-knoppix ddcprobe


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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[Comment 1 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2005-03-16 09:40:44 UTC]

and this is which package exactly?

[Comment 2 Jonas MG 2005-03-16 09:45:20 UTC]

Sorry, I gorgot myself

sys-apps/ddcxinfo-knoppix-0.6

[Comment 3 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2005-03-16 10:43:06 UTC]

So what exactly is the problem?  I couldn't really tell from the bug report.

[Comment 4 Jonas MG 2005-03-16 11:10:57 UTC]

When 'ddcxinfo-knoppix -monitor' is runned, there are 2 values that are got wrong: VendorName, ModelName

[Comment 5 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2005-03-16 11:42:22 UTC]

Actually, they are exactly correct, they just are not in human-readable format.  This is not provided by ddcxinfo-knoppix, but rather by hwdata-knoppix.  Since ddcxinfo-knoppix does not rely on this functionality, and it is cosmetic only, I'm not going to fix it.

[Comment 6 Jonas MG 2005-03-16 12:19:51 UTC]

"Actually, they are exactly correct, they just are not in human-readable format"

They are NOT CORRECT (VendorName, ModelName). The value that is shown is 'EISA ID' as you could see if you run 'ddcprobe'

"This is not provided by ddcxinfo-knoppix, but rather by hwdata-knoppix."

That is provided by 'ddcprobe' that is in 'ddcxinfo-knoppix'. 
ddcprove is not installed by ebuild. To installaing add 'doexe ddcxinfo-knoppix ddcprobe' in the ebuild

"Since ddcxinfo-knoppix does not rely on this functionality ..."
As you can check, it's 'ddcxinfo-knoppix / ddcprobe' that rely this functionality, and not 'hwdata-knoppix'

[Comment 7 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2005-03-16 12:45:10 UTC]

There's no need to be rude.  Your explanations of the problems are pretty much unreadable to me, which is why I have been unable to determine what it is that you think needs to be done.

Anyway, the truth is that this package is really only used for the LiveCD, and I could care less about it otherwise.

If there are problems with the package, report them to Knoppix, as they are the upstream author.  I've made the ebuild install ddcprobe, as I *think* that is what you wanted, but otherwise I can't tell.  It looks like everything else is cosmetic.

[Comment 8 Jonas MG 2005-03-16 13:23:10 UTC]

Sorry to be a bit rude.

This package is very useful so that anyone can correctly obtain the video modes of its equipment, and to be able to configure 'xorg.conf'

This failure is something more than cosmetic. If somebody has 2 monitors, he would not be able to identify them correctly.

The tool 'ddcprobe' is very useful. It get important data as memory graphic card, DPMS flags (energy star), input signal type (to know if it is a digital or analogic monitor).
It would be added in the ebuild

[Comment 9 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2005-03-16 14:52:56 UTC]

So all you need is for ddcprobe to be installed by the ebuild?

[Comment 10 Jonas MG 2005-03-16 15:18:43 UTC]

I would that 'ddcprobe' to be installed by the ebuild.
And that you report to Knoppix's author the bug in 'ddcxinfo-knoppix -monitor'
Thx