From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Dec 17 18:27:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA08415 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 18:27:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from x115-105.reshalls.umn.edu (x115-105.reshalls.umn.edu [134.84.115.105]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA08405 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 18:27:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris@x115-105.reshalls.umn.edu) Received: from x115-105.reshalls.umn.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by x115-105.reshalls.umn.edu (8.8.5/8.6.9) with ESMTP id UAA19295; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 20:29:50 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199712180229.UAA19295@x115-105.reshalls.umn.edu> From: mikk0022@maroon.tc.umn.edu To: Steve Price cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sony GDM-1692B in text mode? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 17 Dec 1997 19:40:47 CST." References: Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 20:29:50 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 17 Dec 1997 19:40:47 -0600 (CST) Steve Price wrote >Has anybody had success in getting a Sony GDM-1962B monitor >to work in text mode? Anybody know what an appropriate >'modeline' would be for X's config file? Anybody have one >working with XInside's version 1.2 server? Is this a 19" trinitron monitor with 3 BNC connectors on the back, and sync-on-green? If so, then I might be sitting in front of an HP-packaged one right now. Upshot is, ther is no way that I know of to get it working _with a standard video card_ in text mode. There is a company that sells special video cards which will drive fixed-frequence graphics displays in VGA text mode, but I was under the impression that they are expensive and not supported in XFree86, but that may have changed. Other than that, I'd be glad to send you my modeline -- if we have the same monitor, that is.... BTW: If your monitor is what I think it is, what sort of hardware are you using to connect a VGA card to it? -- Chris Mikkelson mikk0022@maroon.tc.umn.edu U of M Tuba and Student "Life is too short for windows..." '94-present