On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 1:21 pm, Richard Urwin wrote: > Sending agin, with KMail setup right > > On Friday 26 Sep 2003 5:10 pm, Anguo wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Do any of you use a 17' LCD monitor? > > Which one? > > If not, do you have a 15' one? > > Which one? > > Have you been able to configure a nVIDIA graphic card with > > it? > > Which one? > > Yes, an AOC LM720 (17" and 1280x1024) with a Hercules 3D Prophet > (Nvidia GeForce 2 Ti chipset. ) > > I've just installed the nvidia driver for the second time, and it > went perfectly smoothly both times. > > > Linux support for the latest technologies and most recent > > hardware tend to be lacking. > > My brother has not been able to install the nVIDIA drivers > > to go with his 17' inch LCD monitor, so, as a complete > > newbie, he had to give up the powerpack to install with the > > free download edition. He told me that there is not option > > for 17'monitors during installation, so he couldn't select > > his monitor. > > Nothing has ever asked me to select a monitor. Everything has > always been automatic. The X windows system reads the monitor's > capabilities direct from the monitor and sets itself up > appropriately. > > I did have a problem when I first got the monitor. My ancient video > card was incapable of driving it at the right frequency (The > bandwidth appeared to be high enough, but that close to the top end > it couldn't produce a frequency within the monitor's pass band, > just a bit too far one way or the other.) That will not be a > problem with anything you are likely to use, it was a very old card > (I even had a 3D accelerator card to go with it.) > > > I'd like to change my 14' CRT monitor for a 17' LCD one, but > > I'd like to see if anyone had any luck with them before I > > buy one. > > Well I can certainly recommend the LM720. > Have you put it on the Compatibility List yet? <g>
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