Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 09:31:26 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone know how to dim and SGI flat panel? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907220930300.18011-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <199907220727.AAA79662@apollo.backplane.com>
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On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > : > :I'd bet it's done using DPMS. See if the XFree86 4.x code can tell you > :anything about the monitor's capabilities. > > It's up? Very cool, they actually put the prerelease up 2 days ago! > 47MB download, yummy! DGA is going to be sooooo cool. > > Unfortunately it looks like the DPMS stuff is still a bit primitive. > Shoot. I'll check it out, though. The 3.3.3 I128 driver (that's > the number 9 card) does not appear to support DPMS at all. > > SGI's site has a whitepaper on the flatpanel but it's a bit spare on > control protocols. They do say something about an I2C bus but I dunno > whether that is what DPMS uses or not. XFree86 has an i2c driver in it for talking to monitors so it sounds as if it should see it. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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