On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Michael Torrie <torr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.amazon.com/HDMI-VGA-HD15-Male-Cable/dp/B001OLCHJ6 > > As one review states, it obviously won't work without support built into > the device. In another site a review states that the cable worked fine > for them. Interesting. This cable is intended to go from HDMI to VGA; > there are other cables that go the other way--VGA to HDMI cables require > special video card support obviously. > > NVidia says the ION directly supports HDMI, Displayport, and VGA, > simultaneously (well any two). Not sure what that means in the context > of the HDMI port on the laptop. Most ION devices I'm aware of have both a VGA and HDMI port. With the non-standard nature of putting VGA signals over an HDMI cable, I doubt any device that would support such a thing would come without the cable to do it. > >From a netbook pov, though, does the ION chipset have full support in > Linux for power management, sleep, etc? I run a myth frontend with a > little Revo, but I've never tried to sleep it before. I couldn't tell you, but it sounds like you have an easy way to find out. --Levi /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
