Specifications

Table of Contents
1. About DDCcontrol ............................................................................................. 1
About DDCcontrol ........................................................................................ 1
DDC/CI ...................................................................................................... 1
2. Install notes ...................................................................................................... 2
Software Requirement .................................................................................... 2
Download the sources .................................................................................... 2
Compile and install ........................................................................................ 2
Configure /dev/i2c-* devices .................................................................... 2
Kernel configuration options ................................................................... 3
3. Usage .............................................................................................................. 4
GTK+ GUI .................................................................................................. 4
Gnome panel applet ....................................................................................... 4
Command line tool ........................................................................................ 4
Usage example ..................................................................................... 4
A. Report problems and successes ............................................................................ 7
B. Supported monitors ........................................................................................... 8
C. Supported graphics cards ...................................................................................10
ATI Radeon series ........................................................................................10
Direct PCI memory access support ..........................................................10
/dev/i2c-* devices support ...............................................................10
nVidia ........................................................................................................11
Direct PCI memory access support ..........................................................11
/dev/i2c-* devices support ...............................................................11
Intel ...........................................................................................................12
i810/i815/i830/i845/i855/i865/i915/i945 with Integrated Graphics Controller ..12
Matrox .......................................................................................................12
G200/G400/G450/G550 series ................................................................12
D. Thanks ...........................................................................................................14
E. Documents for developers ..................................................................................15
Monitor database structure .............................................................................15
Control list ..........................................................................................15
Monitor Profiles ...................................................................................16
Profile file structure ......................................................................................17
F. GNU General Public License ..............................................................................19
Preamble ....................................................................................................19
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICA-
TION .........................................................................................................20
How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs ............................................23
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