Can an Eizo monitor be hardware-calibrated on Ubuntu/Linux without ColorNavigator?
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I have an Eizo CG223W that supports hardware calibration. Eizo’s ColorNavigator software is the usual way to do this, but it does not officially support Ubuntu. Is there any alternative way to perform true hardware calibration on Linux/Ubuntu, for example with a Spyder3Elite, or is ColorNavigator required?
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Photography Stack Exchange contributor
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According to Eizo, this is not possible.
I've had a lengthy conversation with a very friendly Eizo technican in October 2016, concerning the monitor CS2420. I would expect this to hold true for all their current displays.
The result was as follows:
Eizo has (at that time) a Linux version of their ColorNavigator. But they do not publish that software on their website, because they do not guarantee that it's working (yes, that's what he said).
On request, Eizo Support sent me a download link [1] which looked rather ad-hoc. I failed to get this working on ArchLinux, error messages were useless.
There is no documentation and no support.
There is no other means to access hardware calibration on the Eizo CS2420, because the interface is deliberately kept secret.
Due to this, I've decided to get a non-Eizo monitor (after more than a decade of being their customer).
[1] Yes, that is the Link they actually sent me: https://lfstorage.eizo.com/link/dv8Yu3PJcL7uIloIIzyi3i
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For true hardware calibration on Eizo ColorEdge displays, ColorNavigator is generally required. Based on the shared answers, Eizo does not provide a supported Ubuntu solution, and the monitor’s hardware-calibration interface is not publicly documented, so third-party tools such as ArgyllCMS/DisplayCAL are not a practical way to access the monitor’s internal LUT.
Eizo has apparently provided Linux builds of ColorNavigator to some users, but only for specific Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 6 environments, with little or no public documentation or support. Reports indicate it can work there, but not reliably on Ubuntu due to library and 32-bit compatibility issues.
So the practical answer is:
- On Ubuntu: no supported way to do Eizo hardware calibration without ColorNavigator.
- On compatible RHEL/CentOS systems: ColorNavigator may work if obtained from Eizo support.
- Otherwise: you may be limited to software calibration/profile-based workflows rather than true monitor hardware calibration.
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