Check here: http://www.sgi.com/newsroom/press_releases/1999/june/flat_panel.html
They mention XFree 3.3.3.1, but they don't usually take stuff OUT on subsequent releases, do they? Rich Cloutier SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES President, C*O www.sysupport.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Ambrose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Greater NH Linux Users' Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 1:55 AM Subject: Re: Problems with XFree86-4.1.0 and SGI 1600SW/#9TTR-IV > 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. > ***************************************************************** > ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
