My comments are interspersed. Alastair Scott wrote: :: On Tuesday 23 Jul 2002 5:08 pm, Daniel Woods wrote: :: :: > Do Dell's LCD 15" and 17" monitors work ok :: > (recognized) under LM8.2 ? :: :: Flat panels tend not to be recognised per se; however, there are generic
The recognition of a flat-panel doesn't depend on Mdk8.2 per se, but on X, what modules X is instructed to load, what video card you have, and whether you monitor/card is EDID-capable. I do LCD FP research and so I'm constantly plugging different LCD monitors into my Mdk 8.2 system. (I currently have four on my desk!) I run the new nvidia GeForce4 Titanium card (VisionTek) with dual VGA/DVI-I outputs and the nvidia binary driver (which was needed 4 months ago to drive the digital DVI-I port). I have even hot-swapped panels (not recommended!!) without a problem. :: settings for laptop LCD screens in the M8.2 Expert setup and these work :: perfectly. :: :: I have an 18.1" iiyama and 'Generic LCD panel 1280x1024' does the job. :: (I :: would expect fewer problems than with CRTs as you don't have to worry :: about :: refresh rates, horizontal and vertical sync etc. etc.). Well this is not strictly true. They certainly have a refresh rate (60 Hz, mostly, even if they say something other than 60) and horizontal and vertical sync rates. It is true that there is no flying spot like a CRT but source and gate drivers (for TFT panels) still need to be synchronised to something. For example the (experimental) monitor I've got next to me at this moment says its H rate is 64kHz. :: > What about Dell's Optiplex computers for Linux ? :: :: This is being written using an Optiplex G150 (curious little desktop :: case) on :: which Mandrake 8.2 installed in 20 minutes, straight through, without :: any :: problems. :: :: > Any problems with the 32X-DVD/CD-RW drives ? :: > :: > And their default "Integrated Intel Pro 1000 MT Gigabit" :: > network card ? :: :: These I can't comment on because my hardware is slightly older (3C905 :: Ethernet :: card, integrated, and Teac 24xCD-ROM). Generally what's inside the box :: is :: more important than who the OEM is. There are many many things to consider when buying a FP if you plan to use it for serious work. I will only mention here that you should not believe the "response time" that is advertised by Dell or anyone else. They are constantly being joked about at the display conferences. One of the monitors I have on my desk is from Dell (but branded by someone else who will go unnamed). The panel cost more than $1k and they advertise a response time below 25ms which sounds very nice. This turns out to be true for black --> white and white --> black transitions. But what do you suppose the black --> mid-grey response time is? Would you believe 140ms!!! So a moving black object on a grey background will level a black comet tail as long as your arm. Lots of other things to consider but I can't go into them now. If your goal is to run KDE and do day-to-day text processing/programming, just about any FP monitor will be fine. But if you do serious gaming, or professional graphics design, (where colour is important), or motion research (where response is important), or medical X-ray work (where Dynamic range and contrast ratio are important) well, caveat emptor. :: Alastair :: - -- :: Alastair Scott (London, United Kingdom) :: http://www.unmetered.org.uk/ :: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- :: Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) :: Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org Dean S. Messing Center for Displayed Appearance Information Systems Technologies Dept. Sharp Laboratories of America E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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