Re: OT: recommendations for a 2880x1800 external monitor?

On Wed Jul01'26 10:08:42PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> From: Patrick O'Callaghan <[email protected]>
> Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:08:42 +0100
> To: [email protected]
> Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: OT: recommendations for a 2880x1800 external monitor?
> 
> On Wed, 2026-07-01 at 15:31 -0500, Ranjan Maitra via users wrote:
> > > Well, first approach would be to look up what modes your graphics
> > > card
> > > supports.
> > 
> > I am sorry, but do I figure this out?
> 
> Run 'inxi -G --edid' to get information on the GPU and the modes the
> current monitor supports.

Thank you! Don't I have to actually get the monitor to get this information?

Here is the information for the laptop:

inxi -G --edid

Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Core Ultra 200V Series Processors Arc Graphics 130V/140V GPU
    vendor: Dell driver: xe v: kernel arch: Xe2 process: TSMC n3 (3nm)
    built: 2024+ ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:64a0 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.23 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: xe display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2880x1800 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 760x475mm (29.92x18.70")
    s-diag: 896mm (35.28")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x07a0 built: 2025 res: mode: 2880x1800
    hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 242 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.690 y: 0.310
    green: x: 0.235 y: 0.725 blue: x: 0.137 y: 0.043 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
    size: 302x189mm (11.89x7.44") diag: 356mm (14") ratio: 16:10
    modes: 2880x1800
  EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unknown flag 0 2: parse_edid: unknown tag
    112
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 26.1.3 glx-v: 1.4 es-v: 3.2
    direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (LNL) device-ID: 8086:64a0
    memory: 30.18 GiB unified: yes
  Info: Tools: api: glxinfo x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr


Many thanks, and best wishes,
Ranjan


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