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   Message 29,771 of 30,566   
   Edmund to Paul   
   Re: Created Monitor Profiles are not sho   
   25 Nov 25 11:42:08   
   
   From: nomail@hotmail.com   
      
   On 11/25/25 10:25, Paul wrote:   
   > On Tue, 11/25/2025 3:19 AM, Edmund wrote:   
   >> On 11/24/25 17:52, Paul wrote:   
   >>> On Mon, 11/24/2025 8:43 AM, Edmund wrote:   
   >>>> Created Monitor Profiles are not shown.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Trying to create a new one and it says : a profile of this name already   
   exists.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> How to solve this?   
   >>   
   >> Oh dear, that seems complicated.   
   >>>   
   >>> You are here ?   
   >>>   
   >>>      [Picture]   
   >>>   
   >>>       https://i.postimg.cc/d0rLd87G/LM222-Settings-Color   
   Gnome-Color-Manager.gif   
   >>   
   >> Nope, I am here :   
   >> https://imgur.com/a/pLvgMHS   
   >>   
   >> In my Mint XFCE menu settings display.   
   >> Here is a option to save profiles, it even seem to do so but it is   
   invisible.   
   >   
   > You've used the wrong port on the TV set.   
   >   
   > TV sets with multiple HDMI, only *one* of the ports   
   > is for a PC. The PC port support multisync and   
   > should be able to display anywhere from 640x480 to 1920x1080.   
      
   Never heard of this.   
      
      
   >   
   > You've probably noticed, while the PC was booting, that the   
   > TV set does not respond, until the desktop appears.   
      
   Correct!   
      
   > You're   
   > on a "multimedia" HD input on the TV set. If there were   
   > four HDMI, three would be multimedia type (connect to set top   
   > box player for example), only one of the ports is PC   
   > type and *has an EDID*.   
      
   Don't know what that is.   
      
   >   
   > If the TV set will not report its details to the PC, the   
   > EDID is the plug and play information it might like. This   
   > is why you need to read the manual on the TV set and   
   > identify the port to use.   
   >   
   > At some time in the past, they used a VGA connector for the PC   
   > input, but today at 1920x1080, they use HDMI (or DisplayPort)   
   > for the inputs. And there may be little in the way of   
   > distinction except to see "PC" under one of them.   
   >   
   > *******   
   >   
   > So far, I know the unit as   
   >   
   >      samsung electric company 64"  120hz   
   >   
   > Do you have a model string for the thing ?   
   > It would have a long string of letters.   
   >   
   >      Samsung QN65S90FAFXZC   
      
      
   SAMSUNG GQ65Q9FNG   
   >   
   > If you give me a model number, I'll see if I can find   
   > the manual with the I/O connector diagram on it. Since   
   > you have the paper manual in hand though, you can   
   > have a flip through to the short paragraph   
   > on "PC operation".   
   >   
   > Once you're on the PC port, the behavior during boot   
   > should change, and just maybe your menu will be populated.   
   >   
   >     Paul   
   >   
      
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