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#1 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 05:33 PM

Hi,

does anybody know if there is a possibility in hp-ux to ask your system what
type of screen you have connected ?

HP workstation HP9000/785/B2600

Thanks,

Frederik

#2 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 05:33 PM

"fred" <frederik.vanhee@perso.be> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>does anybody know if there is a possibility in hp-ux to ask your system what
>type of screen you have connected ?
>
>HP workstation HP9000/785/B2600
>
>Thanks,
>
>Frederik

man ttytype

ttytype returns detail of screen type, lines, columns.

ttytype -as returns this in the form of commands to set the
environment variables.

eval `ttytype -as` runs the commands, I use this in my .profile to set
up the environment to whatever screen/tty emulator in am logged in
from.

Regards,

Ted.

================================================== ============
| Ted Linnell <edlinnell@acslink.net.au> |
| |
| Nunawading, Victoria , Australia |
================================================== ============

#3 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 05:34 PM

Hi Ted,

thanks for the information. But what I really wanted to know, was the
identification of the physical screen. For example HP P1130 or Compaq V500.

I guess it's not possible, but you never know, because a Windows PC can tell
you what screen you have connected, but that's because of plug and play...

Frederik

"Ted Linnell" <edlinnell@acslink.net.au> wrote in message
news:8nsrvv4pq9658ijrj64t9c8aejdalhverq@4ax.com...
> "fred" <frederik.vanhee@perso.be> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >does anybody know if there is a possibility in hp-ux to ask your system
what
> >type of screen you have connected ?
> >
> >HP workstation HP9000/785/B2600
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Frederik
>
> man ttytype
>
> ttytype returns detail of screen type, lines, columns.
>
> ttytype -as returns this in the form of commands to set the
> environment variables.
>
> eval `ttytype -as` runs the commands, I use this in my .profile to set
> up the environment to whatever screen/tty emulator in am logged in
> from.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ted.
>
> ================================================== ============
> | Ted Linnell <edlinnell@acslink.net.au> |
> | |
> | Nunawading, Victoria , Australia |
> ================================================== ============

#4 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 05:34 PM

"fred" <frederik.vanhee@perso.be> wrote in message news:<3ffd23f5$0$6089$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be>...
> Hi,
>
> does anybody know if there is a possibility in hp-ux to ask your system what
> type of screen you have connected ?
>
> HP workstation HP9000/785/B2600
>
> Thanks,
>
> Frederik

I assume that you are talking about the workstation console screen.

From within HP-UX it is not possible to get level of detail.

- F

#5 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 05:34 PM

In article <afbc5c3a.0401120728.5affa9f8@posting.google.com >, Finnbarr P. Murphy wrote:
> "fred" <frederik.vanhee@perso.be> wrote in message news:<3ffd23f5$0$6089$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be>...

>> does anybody know if there is a possibility in hp-ux to ask your system what
>> type of screen you have connected ?
>> HP workstation HP9000/785/B2600

> I assume that you are talking about the workstation console screen.
> From within HP-UX it is not possible to get level of detail.

Oh? How come? Not even with STM and the graphinfo command? I _can_ seem
to get correct results with that on a C360 with 11i and a VIS-EG/PCI
card. Correctly identifies the display mode and adapter type.

Oh ... you mean, hardware information from the physical screen unit
that is nowadays occasionally sent along in the cable? Right, _that_ I
can't seem to find. (never got used to having that information
available - or, when available, correct ... but some Linux box actually
managed to get the physical screen dimensions right, lately, and had the
right DPI values in X automatically...)

--
Mikko Nahkola <mnahkola@trein.ntc.nokia.com>
#include <disclaimer.h>
#Not speaking for my employer. No warranty. YMMV.

#6 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 05:34 PM

fred <frederik.vanhee@perso.be> wrote:

|thanks for the information. But what I really wanted to know, was the
|identification of the physical screen. For example HP P1130 or Compaq V500.

|I guess it's not possible, but you never know, because a Windows PC can tell
|you what screen you have connected, but that's because of plug and play...

The more recent Xf86 X server used with the FireGL-UX display card on
PA-RISC and with all display cards on IPF can get monitor information.
On those systems, run
grep 'Monitor name' /var/X11/Xserver/logs/Xf86.0.log

The older systems and graphics cards don't read that information.

--
Mike Stroyan, mike.stroyan@hp.com

#7 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 05:35 PM

Mike Stroyan wrote:

> fred <frederik.vanhee@perso.be> wrote:
>
> |thanks for the information. But what I really wanted to know, was the
> |identification of the physical screen. For example HP P1130 or Compaq V500.
>
> |I guess it's not possible, but you never know, because a Windows PC can tell
> |you what screen you have connected, but that's because of plug and play...
>
> The more recent Xf86 X server used with the FireGL-UX display card on
> PA-RISC and with all display cards on IPF can get monitor information.
> On those systems, run
> grep 'Monitor name' /var/X11/Xserver/logs/Xf86.0.log
>
> The older systems and graphics cards don't read that information.
>
Thats IPF, which supports Plug and Pray, its always nice to be able to
lie to the system about what monitor is on it! ;-) As a side note does
anyone know how to set the "user definable" monitor selection on a J
class at console mode off the top of their head? Appreciate it.

#8 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 05:36 PM

Alan D Johnson wrote:
> Mike Stroyan wrote:
>
>> fred <frederik.vanhee@perso.be> wrote:
>>
>> |thanks for the information. But what I really wanted to know, was the
>> |identification of the physical screen. For example HP P1130 or Compaq
>> V500.
>>
>> |I guess it's not possible, but you never know, because a Windows PC
>> can tell
>> |you what screen you have connected, but that's because of plug and
>> play...
>>
>> The more recent Xf86 X server used with the FireGL-UX display card on
>> PA-RISC and with all display cards on IPF can get monitor information.
>> On those systems, run
>> grep 'Monitor name' /var/X11/Xserver/logs/Xf86.0.log
>>
>> The older systems and graphics cards don't read that information.
>>
> Thats IPF, which supports Plug and Pray, its always nice to be able to
> lie to the system about what monitor is on it! ;-) As a side note does
> anyone know how to set the "user definable" monitor selection on a J
> class at console mode off the top of their head? Appreciate it.
>
Never mind, setmon worked and it is working, had to bring it up on
serial and tweak the display.

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