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How do you find out a laptop screen panel manufacturer / model with Linux? (Samsung, LG, Chi Mei, etc) + model number?
I've tried using this command "lshw" in Ubuntu, but it doesn't seem to have the panel listed in there.
Thank you.
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How do you find out a laptop screen panel manufacturer / model with Linux? (Samsung, LG, Chi Mei, etc) + model number?
I've tried using this command "lshw" in Ubuntu, but it doesn't seem to have the panel listed in there.
Thank you.
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Use any utility that shows the EDID information. One place to look for this information is in /var/log/Xorg.0.log
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My info did not show up in XOrg.log. But I figured out that I could get the info from the DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) subcomponent of the linux kernel, which is exposed in sysfs. So I did the following:
root@dark:~# ls /sys/class/drm/
card0 card0-DP-2 card0-eDP-1 card0-HDMI-A-2 card0-VGA-1 version
card0-DP-1 card0-DP-3 card0-HDMI-A-1 card0-HDMI-A-3 controlD64
You can figure out which screens are active by doing some probing here:
root@dark:/sys/class/drm# cat card0-HDMI-A-2/enabled
enabled
root@dark:/sys/class/drm# cat card0-HDMI-A-3/enabled
disabled
I then parsed the EDID info from the screens I was interested in as follows:
root@dark:/sys/class/drm# cat card0-HDMI-A-1/edid | edid-decode
Extracted contents:
header: 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00
serial number: 09 d1 0a 78 45 54 00 00 16 12
version: 01 03
basic params: 80 34 20 78 2e
chroma info: c5 c4 a3 57 4a 9c 23 12 4f 52
established: a5 6b 80
standard: 71 00 81 00 95 00 81 80 b3 00 a9 40 d1 00 01 01
descriptor 1: 28 3c 80 a0 70 b0 23 40 30 20 36 00 07 44 21 00 00 1a
descriptor 2: 00 00 00 ff 00 56 35 38 30 30 34 35 35 5a 4c 30 0a 20
descriptor 3: 00 00 00 fd 00 32 55 1f 5e 11 00 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20
descriptor 4: 00 00 00 fc 00 42 65 6e 51 20 47 32 34 30 30 57 0a 20
extensions: 01
checksum: e5
Manufacturer: BNQ Model 780a Serial Number 21573
Made week 22 of 2008
EDID version: 1.3
Digital display
Maximum image size: 52 cm x 32 cm
Gamma: 2.20
DPMS levels: Off
Supported color formats: RGB 4:4:4, YCrCb 4:2:2
Default (sRGB) color space is primary color space
First detailed timing is preferred timing
Established timings supported:
720x400@70Hz
640x480@60Hz
640x480@75Hz
800x600@60Hz
800x600@75Hz
832x624@75Hz
1024x768@60Hz
1024x768@75Hz
1280x1024@75Hz
1152x870@75Hz
Standard timings supported:
1152x720@60Hz
1280x800@60Hz
1440x900@60Hz
1280x1024@60Hz
1680x1050@60Hz
1600x1200@60Hz
1920x1200@60Hz
Detailed mode: Clock 154.000 MHz, 519 mm x 324 mm
1920 1968 2000 2080 hborder 0
1200 1203 1209 1235 vborder 0
+hsync -vsync
Serial number: V5800455ZL0
Monitor ranges: 50-85HZ vertical, 31-94kHz horizontal, max dotclock 170MHz
Monitor name: BenQ G2400W
Has 1 extension blocks
Checksum: 0xe5
CEA extension block
Extension version: 3
22 bytes of CEA data
Video data block
VIC 04
VIC 16 (native)
VIC 03
VIC 01
VIC 05 (native)
Vendor-specific data block, OUI 000c03 (HDMI)
Source physical address 1.0.0.0
Speaker allocation data block
Audio data block
Underscans PC formats by default
Basic audio support
Supports YCbCr 4:4:4
Supports YCbCr 4:2:2
1 native detailed modes
Detailed mode: Clock 74.250 MHz, 708 mm x 398 mm
1280 1390 1430 1650 hborder 0
720 725 730 750 vborder 0
+hsync +vsync
Detailed mode: Clock 74.250 MHz, 708 mm x 398 mm
1920 2008 2052 2200 hborder 0
540 542 547 562 vborder 0
+hsync +vsync interlaced
Detailed mode: Clock 27.000 MHz, 708 mm x 398 mm
720 736 798 858 hborder 0
480 489 495 525 vborder 0
-hsync -vsync
Detailed mode: Clock 148.500 MHz, 708 mm x 398 mm
1920 2008 2052 2200 hborder 0
1080 1084 1089 1125 vborder 0
+hsync +vsync analog composite
Detailed mode: Clock 25.180 MHz, 530 mm x 398 mm
640 648 744 800 hborder 8
480 482 484 525 vborder 8
-hsync -vsync
Checksum: 0x2c
Great success!
I was disappointed to attempt this with a 3.18.12 kernel, and I can not locate any edid node inside /sys/class/drm/ . I assume the kernel has changed too much since 2013. – Mutant Bob – 2015-06-25T19:25:46.217
@MutantBob: I'm only on 3.11, so I can't confirm your problem. But I still have the drm subdir, and some googling suggests it should still be present. Does your kernel have the DRM module loaded and do you have a graphics card driver which supports it? http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/7622/edid-information also suggests trying with 'xrandr --verbose', perhaps it can coax the information out?
– Alexander Torstling – 2015-06-26T06:22:29.7533
If you can install read-edid, then you can try with get-edid | parse-edid
.
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Used read-edid
to get this info on Ubuntu 14.04.
$ sudo apt-get install read-edid
$ sudo get-edid | parse-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
3 potential busses found: 6 7 8
Will scan through until the first EDID is found.
Pass a bus number as an option to this program to go only for that one.
256-byte EDID successfully retrieved from i2c bus 6
Looks like i2c was successful. Have a good day.
Checksum Correct
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "�
@"
ModelName "�
@"
VendorName "LGD"
# Monitor Manufactured week 0 of 2014
# EDID version 1.4
# Digital Display
DisplaySize 310 170
Gamma 2.20
Option "DPMS" "true"
Modeline "Mode 0" 138.70 1920 1968 2000 2080 1080 1083 1088 1111 +hsync -vsync
Modeline "Mode 1" 110.90 1920 1968 2000 2080 1080 1083 1088 1111 +hsync -vsync
EndSection
$
Poking around /sys/class/drm/card0 seemed to be an easy option.
cd /sys/class/drm/card0
$ for n in `find . -name edid` ; do cat $n | parse-edid 2>/dev/null; done
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "�
@"
ModelName "�
@"
VendorName "LGD"
# Monitor Manufactured week 0 of 2014
# EDID version 1.4
# Digital Display
DisplaySize 310 170
Gamma 2.20
Option "DPMS" "true"
Modeline "Mode 0" 138.70 1920 1968 2000 2080 1080 1083 1088 1111 +hsync -vsync
Modeline "Mode 1" 110.90 1920 1968 2000 2080 1080 1083 1088 1111 +hsync -vsync
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "VX2250 SERIES"
ModelName "VX2250 SERIES"
VendorName "VSC"
# Monitor Manufactured week 40 of 2010
# EDID version 1.3
# Analog Display
Option "SyncOnGreen" "true"
DisplaySize 480 270
Gamma 2.20
Option "DPMS" "true"
Horizsync 24-82
VertRefresh 50-75
# Maximum pixel clock is 210MHz
#Not giving standard mode: 1680x1050, 60Hz
#Not giving standard mode: 1600x1200, 60Hz
#Not giving standard mode: 1600x900, 60Hz
#Not giving standard mode: 1440x900, 60Hz
#Not giving standard mode: 1400x1050, 60Hz
#Not giving standard mode: 1280x1024, 60Hz
#Not giving standard mode: 1280x800, 60Hz
#Not giving standard mode: 1152x864, 75Hz
Modeline "Mode 0" 148.50 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync
EndSection
$
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I found two tools on Linux Mint 18.1 that give different results. First I tried read-edid:
rich@laptop ~ $ sudo apt install read-edid
With that I got the following, but it didn't find the model number:
rich@laptop ~ $ sudo get-edid | parse-edid
This is read-edid version 3.0.2. Prepare for some fun.
Attempting to use i2c interface
No EDID on bus 0
No EDID on bus 1
No EDID on bus 3
No EDID on bus 4
No EDID on bus 5
1 potential busses found: 2
128-byte EDID successfully retrieved from i2c bus 2
Looks like i2c was successful. Have a good day.
Checksum Correct
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "
@"
ModelName "
@"
VendorName "LGD"
# Monitor Manufactured week 0 of 2010
# EDID version 1.3
# Digital Display
DisplaySize 380 220
Gamma 2.20
Option "DPMS" "false"
Modeline "Mode 0" 149.80 1920 1984 2080 2276 1080 1082 1085 1097 -hsync -vsync
EndSection
So then I tried another tool to parse the EDID:
rich@laptop ~ $ sudo apt install edid-decode
This seemed to give more information about the model of panel:
rich@laptop ~ $ sudo get-edid | edid-decode
This is read-edid version 3.0.2. Prepare for some fun.
Attempting to use i2c interface
No EDID on bus 0
No EDID on bus 1
No EDID on bus 3
No EDID on bus 4
No EDID on bus 5
1 potential busses found: 2
128-byte EDID successfully retrieved from i2c bus 2
Looks like i2c was successful. Have a good day.
Extracted contents:
header: 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00
serial number: 30 e4 83 02 00 00 00 00 00 14
version: 01 03
basic params: 90 26 16 78 0a
chroma info: f1 95 a3 55 52 a1 26 0f 50 54
established: 00 00 00
standard: 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
descriptor 1: 84 3a 80 64 71 38 11 40 40 60 23 00 7f d7 10 00 00 19
descriptor 2: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
descriptor 3: 00 00 00 fe 00 4c 47 20 44 69 73 70 6c 61 79 0a 20 20
descriptor 4: 00 00 00 fe 00 4c 50 31 37 33 57 46 31 2d 54 4c 42 32
extensions: 00
checksum: ba
Manufacturer: LGD Model 283 Serial Number 0
Made week 0 of 2010
EDID version: 1.3
Digital display
Maximum image size: 38 cm x 22 cm
Gamma: 2.20
Supported color formats: RGB 4:4:4, YCrCb 4:2:2
First detailed timing is preferred timing
Established timings supported:
Standard timings supported:
Detailed mode: Clock 149.800 MHz, 383 mm x 215 mm
1920 1984 2080 2276 hborder 0
1080 1082 1085 1097 vborder 0
-hsync -vsync
Manufacturer-specified data, tag 0
ASCII string: LG
ASCII string: LP173WF1
Checksum: 0xba (valid)
EDID block does NOT conform to EDID 1.3!
Digital display field contains garbage: 10
Missing name descriptor
Missing monitor ranges
Detailed block string not properly terminated
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On Fedora Core you can install monitor-edid
(read-edid
package seems to be available only for Ubuntu - I suggest adding Fedora info here since this forum is not askubuntu
, but superuser
).
It outputs EISA ID
, with which you can find the vendor and device information on the internet.
Thanks fpmurphy, That log file did have a reference to the panel in there. Interestingly, a Windows program called HWINFO64 seems to give a much more detailed description of the monitor "AU Optronics [model number], etc" but the Linux Xorg.0.log file has "AUO". I wish I could find a similar program to HWINFO64 for Linux.. Still marking your answer as accepted since I can at least use it as a clue and it does indicate the brand. Thanks! – Mikeweb49 – 2013-01-02T19:16:51.833