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ddccontrol
$ sudo ddccontrol -p -c -d -v
ddccontrol version 0.4.2
Copyright 2004-2005 Oleg I. Vdovikin (oleg@cs.msu.su)
Copyright 2004-2006 Nicolas Boichat (nicolas@boichat.ch)
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You may redistribute copies of this program under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
ddcpci initing...
Starting /usr/bin/ddcpci 1 1711353748 &...
Probing for available monitors...
Found PCI device (pci:04:00.0-0)
Found PCI device (pci:04:00.0-1)
Found PCI device (pci:04:00.0-2)
Device: pci:04:00.0-0
Error while reading write message answer: Bad message
Reading EDID 0x50 failed.
ddcci_open returned -2
Device: pci:04:00.0-1
Error while reading write message answer: Bad message
Reading EDID 0x50 failed.
ddcci_open returned -2
Device: pci:04:00.0-2
Error while reading write message answer: Bad message
Reading EDID 0x50 failed.
ddcci_open returned -2
Found I2C device (dev:/dev/i2c-5)
ioctl(): Input/output error
ioctl returned -1
Reading EDID 0x50 failed.
ddcci_open returned -2
Found I2C device (dev:/dev/i2c-4)
ioctl(): Input/output error
ioctl returned -1
Reading EDID 0x50 failed.
ddcci_open returned -2
Found I2C device (dev:/dev/i2c-3)
ioctl(): Input/output error
ioctl returned -1
Reading EDID 0x50 failed.
ddcci_open returned -2
Found I2C device (dev:/dev/i2c-2)
ioctl(): Input/output error
ioctl returned -1
Reading EDID 0x50 failed.
ddcci_open returned -2
Found I2C device (dev:/dev/i2c-1)
ioctl(): Input/output error
ioctl returned -1
Reading EDID 0x50 failed.
ddcci_open returned -2
Found I2C device (dev:/dev/i2c-0)
ioctl(): Input/output error
ioctl returned -1
Reading EDID 0x50 failed.
ddcci_open returned -2
Detected monitors :
No monitor supporting DDC/CI available.
If your graphics card need it, please check all the required kernel modules are loaded (i2c-dev, and your framebuffer driver).
ddcpci being released...
==>ddcpci is quitting.
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edid-dfp-4.txt
00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 04 69 a3 28 73 8e 00 00 17 19 01 04 a5 3e 22 78 3a 1c b5 a3 57 4f a0 27 0d 50 54 bf ef 00 d1 c0 81 40 81 80 95 00 b3 00 71 4f 81 c0 01 01 4d d0 00 a0 f0 70 3e 80 30 20 35 00 6d 55 21 00 00 1a 04 74 00 30 f2 70 5a 80 b0 58 8a 00 6d 55 21 00 00 1a 00 00 00 fd 00 1e 50 18 a0 3c 04 11 00 f0 f8 38 f0 3c 00 00 00 fc 00 41 53 55 53 20 50 42 32 38 37 51 0a 20 01 6c 02 03 27 71 4f 01 02 03 11 12 13 04 14 05 1f 90 0e 0f 1d 1e 23 09 17 07 83 01 00 00 6a 03 0c 00 10 00 00 78 20 00 00 56 5e 00 a0 a0 a0 29 50 30 20 35 00 6d 55 21 00 00 1e e2 68 00 a0 a0 40 2e 60 30 20 36 00 6d 55 21 00 00 1a 01 1d 00 bc 52 d0 1e 20 b8 28 55 40 6d 55 21 00 00 1e 8c 0a d0 90 20 40 31 20 0c 40 55 00 6d 55 21 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 64
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edid-dfp-6.txt
00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 04 69 a3 28 b3 0d 01 00 25 19 01 04 a5 3e 22 78 3a 1c b5 a3 57 4f a0 27 0d 50 54 bf ef 00 d1 c0 81 40 81 80 95 00 b3 00 71 4f 81 c0 01 01 4d d0 00 a0 f0 70 3e 80 30 20 35 00 6d 55 21 00 00 1a 04 74 00 30 f2 70 5a 80 b0 58 8a 00 6d 55 21 00 00 1a 00 00 00 fd 00 1e 50 18 a0 3c 04 11 00 f0 f8 38 f0 3c 00 00 00 fc 00 41 53 55 53 20 50 42 32 38 37 51 0a 20 01 9e 02 03 27 71 4f 01 02 03 11 12 13 04 14 05 1f 90 0e 0f 1d 1e 23 09 17 07 83 01 00 00 6a 03 0c 00 10 00 00 78 20 00 00 56 5e 00 a0 a0 a0 29 50 30 20 35 00 6d 55 21 00 00 1e e2 68 00 a0 a0 40 2e 60 30 20 36 00 6d 55 21 00 00 1a 01 1d 00 bc 52 d0 1e 20 b8 28 55 40 6d 55 21 00 00 1e 8c 0a d0 90 20 40 31 20 0c 40 55 00 6d 55 21 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 64
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get-edid
$ sudo get-edid
This is read-edid version 3.0.1. Prepare for some fun.
Attempting to use i2c interface
No EDID on bus 0
No EDID on bus 1
No EDID on bus 2
No EDID on bus 3
No EDID on bus 4
No EDID on bus 5
Looks like no busses have an EDID. Sorry!
Attempting to use the classical VBE interface
Performing real mode VBE call
Interrupt 0x10 ax=0x4f00 bx=0x0 cx=0x0
Function supported
Call successful
VBE version 300
VBE string at 0x11100 "NVIDIA"
VBE/DDC service about to be called
Report DDC capabilities
Performing real mode VBE call
Interrupt 0x10 ax=0x4f15 bx=0x0 cx=0x0
Function supported
Call successful
Monitor and video card combination does not support DDC1 transfers
Monitor and video card combination does not support DDC2 transfers
0 seconds per 128 byte EDID block transfer
Screen is not blanked during DDC transfer
Reading next EDID block
VBE/DDC service about to be called
Read EDID
Performing real mode VBE call
Interrupt 0x10 ax=0x4f15 bx=0x1 cx=0x0
Function supported
Call failed
The EDID data should not be trusted as the VBE call failed
Error: output block unchanged
I'm sorry nothing was successful. Maybe try some other arguments
if you played with them, or send an email to Matthew Kern <pyrophobicman@gmail.com>.
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i2cdetect
$ i2cdetect -l
i2c-0 i2c NVIDIA i2c adapter 0 at 4:00.0 I2C adapter
i2c-1 i2c NVIDIA i2c adapter 2 at 4:00.0 I2C adapter
i2c-2 i2c NVIDIA i2c adapter 6 at 4:00.0 I2C adapter
i2c-3 i2c NVIDIA i2c adapter 7 at 4:00.0 I2C adapter
i2c-4 i2c NVIDIA i2c adapter 8 at 4:00.0 I2C adapter
i2c-5 i2c NVIDIA i2c adapter 9 at 4:00.0 I2C adapter
$ for i in `seq 0 5`; do i2cdetect -y $i; done
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f
00: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
50: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f
00: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
50: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f
00: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
50: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f
00: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
50: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f
00: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
50: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f
00: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
50: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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parse-edid-bin
$ cat /tmp/edid-dfp-4.bin | parse-edid
Checksum Correct
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "ASUS PB287Q"
ModelName "ASUS PB287Q"
VendorName "ACI"
# Monitor Manufactured week 23 of 2015
# EDID version 1.4
# Digital Display
DisplaySize 620 340
Gamma 2.20
Option "DPMS" "true"
Horizsync 24-160
VertRefresh 30-80
# Maximum pixel clock is 600MHz
#Not giving standard mode: 1920x1080, 60Hz
#Not giving standard mode: 1280x960, 60Hz
#Not giving standard mode: 1280x1024, 60Hz
#Not giving standard mode: 1440x900, 60Hz
#Not giving standard mode: 1680x1050, 60Hz
#Not giving standard mode: 1152x864, 75Hz
#Not giving standard mode: 1280x720, 60Hz
#Extension block found. Parsing...
Hmm, you have data blocks, but not video ones... weird
Something strange happened. Please contact the author,
Matthew Kern at <pyrophobicman@gmail.com>
$ cat /tmp/edid-dfp-6.bin| parse-edid
Checksum Correct
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "ASUS PB287Q"
ModelName "ASUS PB287Q"
VendorName "ACI"
# Monitor Manufactured week 37 of 2015
# EDID version 1.4
# Digital Display
DisplaySize 620 340
Gamma 2.20
Option "DPMS" "true"
Horizsync 24-160
VertRefresh 30-80
# Maximum pixel clock is 600MHz
#Not giving standard mode: 1920x1080, 60Hz
#Not giving standard mode: 1280x960, 60Hz
#Not giving standard mode: 1280x1024, 60Hz
#Not giving standard mode: 1440x900, 60Hz
#Not giving standard mode: 1680x1050, 60Hz
#Not giving standard mode: 1152x864, 75Hz
#Not giving standard mode: 1280x720, 60Hz
#Extension block found. Parsing...
Hmm, you have data blocks, but not video ones... weird
Something strange happened. Please contact the author,
Matthew Kern at <pyrophobicman@gmail.com>
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parse-edid-txt
You seem to have too many extension blocks. Will not continue to parse
Something strange happened. Please contact the author,
Matthew Kern at <pyrophobicman@gmail.com>
$ cat /tmp/edid-dfp-6.txt| parse-edid
You seem to have too many extension blocks. Will not continue to parse
Something strange happened. Please contact the author,
Matthew Kern at <pyrophobicman@gmail.com>
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