read-edid 1.4.1-2ubuntu1 (i386 binary) in ubuntu dapper

hardware information-gathering tool for VESA PnP monitors
 read-edid consists of two tools; get-edid uses a VESA VBE 2 interrupt
 service routine request to read a 128 byte EDID version 1 structure from
 your graphics card, which retrieves this information from the monitor via
 the Data Display Channel (DDC). parse-edid parses this data structure and
 outputs data about the monitor suitable for inclusion into an XF86Config
 file.
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 get-edid uses real-mode x86 instructions to communicate with the video
 hardware; therefore, it is usable only by root, and this package is only
 available for the i386 architecture.