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In praise of grobi for auto-configuring X11 monitors

by secure on 5/10/25, 6:28 AM with 48 comments

• by snthd on 5/10/25, 5:05 PM

  >the monitor draws 30W even in standby

  That's absurd. There are regulations on standby power.

  https://dl.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_electronics_...

  >Power Consumption

  >0.2 W (Off Mode)

  >0.3 W (Standby Mode)

  Doesn't seem to be an isolated case:

  https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/monitors/up3...

  >UP3216Q, drawing 23 watts in Standby? (2019).

  I guess a takeaway from OP is to measure your actual standby power draw.

• by fn-mote on 5/10/25, 2:57 PM

  Author doesn’t even compare it to a second solution.

  Interesting to know, but I just use a hot key to attempt reconfiguration if something goes wrong. Works for me even if it’s not a sign Linux is ready for non-technical users.

• by arghwhat on 5/10/25, 5:38 PM

  > Does grobi work on Wayland?

  See kanshi, which has a similar rule matching approach.

• by modzu on 5/10/25, 4:01 PM

  im sensitive to coil whine and i hear it everywhere : computers, light bulbs, phone chargers, you name it and if im in the same room as electronics i hear a high pitched squealing that others seem not to notice or care about. its inescapable and it sucks

• by raverbashing on 5/10/25, 3:20 PM

  So once again you need to DYI your monitor configuration for Linux that for some reason works out-of-the-box pretty much in Windows and MacOSX

  sigh

  And that's for X11, which was built in a 70s model while Wayland leisurely moves forward