[argyllcms] Re: Loading LUT after switching to console and back.

On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 11:16:36AM +1100, Graeme Gill wrote:
> Kurt Roeckx wrote:
>
>> It did write an EDID property in ~/.config/color.jcnf
>
> That's not what I was talking about. The X server/video driver
> should recognise any plugged in monitor via the DDC connection,
> read the EDID from the monitor, and create the matching EDID property
> in the X server. It's this that is used to locate a matching
> profile containing calibration when dispwin is run in daemon
> mode. Unfortunately this doesn't seem to work reliably with all
> the different X drivers out there, although it worked OK with
> my Intel graphics card.

I can use tools like ddccontrol to change the settings,
the Xorg.log file shows the EDID settings, the ~/.config/color.jcnf
contains the same EDID.

>>> You need to setup the appropriate command in a startup script.
>>> I'm told that ~/.config/autostart is a good place to put
>>> dispwin -L, so that your window manager executes it each
>>> time it starts.
>>
>> That's good for when X is started, and that works.  But that does
>> not get run if you keep X running and just switch to the console.
>
> Sounds like a bug in whatever software switches to the console and back.
> If it changes the VideoLUTs, it should restore them when changing
> back. The best thing would be to report it, and get it fixed.

That is what I thought, so I will do that.


Kurt

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