There is another company that manufactures a graphics board for the SGI 1600SW. It is the 3Dlabs Oxygen VX1-1600SW.
Have fun, Scott Ken Ambrose wrote: > Having the 1600sw myself, I think you're SOL: the #9 Revolution isn't, > last time I checked, supported by XFree86-4.x. NOTE: IF YOU FIND > OTHERWISE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I'm currently stuck using the damn > converter box sold by SGI for too much money, and a Matrox, and being that > the Matrox wants to talk analog (apparently the DVI doesn't quite work > right with the box) it sucks. > > The 1600sw, in digital mode, is *the best* LCD panel I've ever seen. > > The 1600sw, in analog mode, just makes me want to cry. > > Lastly, since #9 went under before SGI ceased production of the 1600sw, I > believe that there was an alternative card that supported the 1600sw's > proprietary digital interface; the company (whose name I currently can't > remember) is still in business, and it's entirely possible that it's > supported in XF86 4.x. Again: PLEASE LET ME KNOW if you find any further > information on this. > > Humbly yours, > > Ken "a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words-but-only-when-digital" D'Ambrosio > > >>when trying to run startx. I have no idea what the problem is. I >>tried to run xf86config, but I don't know what frequencies I'm >>supposed to tell it to use since this is an LCD flat panel and thus, >>doesn't use frequencies. >> >>I've attatched the XF86Config file I found on the net from someone >>else who has the same hardware, which I thought would "just work". >> >>Anyone else have this monitor/screen setup under XFree86-4? >> >> Hardware: PIII 300 >> Video: #9 TTR Revolution IV >> Monitor: SGI 1600SW Flat panel >> OS: Linux >> Distribution: Debian (sid) >> Kernel: 2.2.14 (with SGI XFS patches) >> >>I've attached both the XF86Config file and log file. >> >>Thanks for any help anyone has. >> >>Seeya, >>Paul >>---- >> >> God Bless America! >> >> ...we don't need to be perfect to be the best around, >> and we never stop trying to be better. >> Tom Clancy, The Bear and The Dragon >> >> > > > ***************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > ***************************************************************** > > -- _______________________________________________________________ Scott Mellott __o Clydesdale Cruiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] -\<, http://scott.mellott.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] (*)/(*) WSI Corporation _______________________________________________________________ ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
