OttoM,

> The '<< EOF' on the command line means (to most shells) "read
> from standard input until you see the string EOF at the start of
> a line, and feed everything you've read up to that point into the
> command's standard input".  The problem here is that your EOF
> is not at the start of the line, it's indented, so the shell doesn't
> recognise it as the end-of-input marker.

Ah ha.

> You can feed the timing definition (the lines from 'htotal' to 'hz'
> inclusive)  into 'utresdef' in whatever way is most convenient.
> If the '<<' thing (called a "here document") is too weird then you
> could put those lines into a file and feed the contents of that
> file into 'utresdef' by using a '<' redirection, or you could use
> 'cat' to pipe the file contents into utresdef, or you could just run
> 'utresdef' and then type (or copy+paste) the lines followed by
> a Control+D to indicate end-of-input.

I had tried using a file but still used << instead of < with that change
it worked fine.

>> One thing seems strange which is "utresdef -o" outputs nothing.
> 
> That's a solid indication that 'utresdef' has not yet accepted any
> timing definitions.

And now oit is there and the monitor works great (after I did the
utreadm bits. Many thanks.

>> PS I am considering an upgrade to SRSS 4.0 soon, would that help?
> 
> Yes, it would.  SRSS 4.0 has a [EMAIL PROTECTED] timing baked
> into its firmware.  A SR1g, SR2 or SR2FS unit running 4.0
> firmware should automatically drive this monitor at 1680x1050.

Ok, I have it working now, nice to know it will be easier after an upgrade.

Thanks for the help

Dave

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