> As you can see from the pictures, the pinout variations¹ allow different > subsets of the pins to be used. Typically the female end on your > graphics card will be DVI-I and support all options, while the cable from > the display will have just the subset of the pins it needs. > > > For example, if you connect a digital monitor to a DVI-I port it *can't*
Here I assume you meant DVI-D, not DVI-I? > use analogue signalling: it's physically missing the C1-C4 R/G/B/HSync > lines. Typically these would only be found in a DVI->VGA converter or > cable. Just checked my monitors' cables and they are all DVI-D; if it's > an LCD, it probably won't even have the ability to do the analogue to > digital conversion, even if the connector didn't physically prevent it. > > There may be weird monitors out there that accept both digital and > analogue inputs over DVI, but I've never seen one. If you are > suffering from such a situation, using a DVI-D cable would prevent any > use of analogue signalling. > > The only other variations are dual link (just an extra 6 pins), and > DVI-A for analogue only (I've never ever seen this one, and this is > just the C1-C4 pins and 3 data pins removed). > I'll forward this message on exactly, it explains exactly the situation perfectly. Thank you! -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com Please CC me if you want to be sure that I read your message. I do not read all list mail. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
