(suddenly noticed I replied personally instead of to the list, sorry)
On Sunday 24 February 2002 19:40, you wrote: > "Fixed frequency" is not a problem and pretty much any video card > can nail the frequencies if you've got the correct modeline. The > problem is that most fixed frequency monitors are also "sync-on-green" > or in the case of Sun, "composite-sync". NVIDIA cards cannot do > sync-on-green nor composite-sync. Hm. I think someone on the debian sparc mailing list told me the adaptor would solve this problem, it's called a 'sync combiner' I think. Anyway. If the nvidia doesn't work, Maybe a radeon card would? (I suddenly also notice Mark Vojkovich works for nvidia :) ) < --- copy-paste --- > > so any video cable adaptor > *must* contain a sync combiner. The Ultraspec # 1396 adaptor is one that > does and it's made to work with older Sun colour monitors when connected > to PC's. I guess these cheapos wont: http://www.miragemultimedia.biz/product.asp?3=97 They are talking about the SUN 20d10 monitor, is that one comparable to mine you think? (No I don't know too much about sun hardware as you can tell). http://store.yahoo.com/cablesonline/vgato13sunvi.html They aren't talking about anything :) But with that adaptor from ultraspec (36$) I should have everything I need to get pretty (big) pictures on my PC? - - His answer: - - Yes, that adaptor (or a similar third-party one) will enable the 1962 monitor to work with your PC's framebuffer once you get it to generate the right video specs. The cable adaptor is only a wiring adaptor - it's still up to your PC's display card to output signals with suitable parameters to make the monitor happy. 8-) < --- copy-paste --- > > > Am I also right thinking I will only be able to use the monitor under X > > (no console or boot messages)? > > That's correct for the bios screen, but svgatext mode should be able > to let you see most of the boot messages (from the part where it gets > loaded). I'll compile it in. No problem!! ;-) _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
