Re: [gentoo-user] OT: DVI-D / HDMI / VGA adaptors

2020-12-17 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 01:55:42PM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote Thanks for everybody's comments. I didn't feel like waiting till the 6th or 10th of Januaty for Amazon shipping. I've got 2 HDMI cables locally, but no HDMI-to-VGA dongle. Hopefully, I'll find a store with that in stock tomorrow.

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: DVI-D / HDMI / VGA adaptors

2020-12-14 Thread Daniel Frey
On 12/14/20 10:55 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: I ordered a Dell XPS 8940 which arrived in October, but life got in the way, and I'm only now getting around to setting it up. First thing I noticed today is that Dell "had the courage to remove the VGA port" . It has HDMI and Displayport. I've got

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: DVI-D / HDMI / VGA adaptors

2020-12-14 Thread antlists
On 14/12/2020 18:55, Walter Dnes wrote: But I want to attach the XPS 8940 to the older monitor, which only has VGA and DVI-D. I use the older monitor for setup/install and to keep the "hot backup" machine up-to-date. What are my options? For the main machine I'll buy an HDMI cable. Are

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: DVI-D / HDMI / VGA adaptors

2020-12-14 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 14 December 2020 19:55:42 CET, Walter Dnes wrote: > I ordered a Dell XPS 8940 which arrived in October, but life got in >the way, and I'm only now getting around to setting it up. First thing >I noticed today is that Dell "had the courage to remove the VGA port" >. It has HDMI and

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: DVI-D / HDMI / VGA adaptors

2020-12-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 13:55:42 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: > I ordered a Dell XPS 8940 which arrived in October, but life got in > the way, and I'm only now getting around to setting it up. First thing > I noticed today is that Dell "had the courage to remove the VGA port" > . It has HDMI and

[gentoo-user] OT: DVI-D / HDMI / VGA adaptors

2020-12-14 Thread Walter Dnes
I ordered a Dell XPS 8940 which arrived in October, but life got in the way, and I'm only now getting around to setting it up. First thing I noticed today is that Dell "had the courage to remove the VGA port" . It has HDMI and Displayport. I've got two monitors for my PCs. My main one has