Jaunty Joy

[Michael Haney]

read-edid only reports what information is there.  Users then have to
make the xorg.conf changes themselves manually.

What would be nice is a software tool which reads the edid information
and then edits the xorg.conf file so x.org utilizes the right
resolutions and refresh rates for that display.  Perhaps even a tool
that lets a user select what model monitor they have, it then queries
an online database to find its proper specs and edits those into the
xorg.conf file and makes a backup copy which can be restored later if
the settings were wrong.  The database could be maintained by
volunteer maintainer like the AppDB over at the Wine HQ or by
Canonical.

This concept could be later expanded to encompass other hardware such
as wifi adapters and other peripherals which Linux has a history of
not being fully compatible with.

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