From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 17 19:28:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA12133 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 19:28:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA12036; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 19:27:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id NAA13167; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 13:56:32 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19971218135632.16344@lemis.com> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 13:56:32 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Steve Price Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: Sony GDM-1692B in text mode? References: <19971218131942.58757@lemis.com> <3498969C.2F1CF0FB@hiwaay.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <3498969C.2F1CF0FB@hiwaay.net>; from Steve Price on Wed, Dec 17, 1997 at 09:21:00PM -0600 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, Dec 17, 1997 at 09:21:00PM -0600, Steve Price wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: >> I don't know that particular model. Is there a problem with it? Do >> you have any documentation about it? What kind of connector does it >> have? If it comes with a 15 pin VGA connector, it'll probably work >> fine in VGA mode. > > Actually the subject line is incorrect, it should say GDM-1962B. Yes, you mentioned that elsewhere. > The cable is a D15 male to 13W3 female. It won't work in just > any VGA mode. This monitor is a fixed frequency, color monitor > that originally was shipped with a Sun IPC that I bought at work > around 1992. Ah. That's good news. That will be 61.8 kHz horizontal, 65 Hz vertical. >> If you can't get it to display text, one alternative would be to keep >> the 13" monitor for text, and use the Sony for X. This would mean >> adding a second board, of course. I think the #9 will coexist with a >> cheap standard VGA. > > My only concern is the boot messages really, since I run > -current and sometimes things can go awry. I have thought > of doing something along the lines of what you are suggesting > but with a Video A/B selector box. The big problem I have > is lack of desk space on which to put a third monitor, which > is why I asked if anybody had this beast working in text mode. :) I know the problem. One of my monitors is on the floor under the desk. > I don't profess to know much about video cards, but is there > anyway for it to tell that it is attached to a fixed frequency > monitor? Or is it possible to kludge up a kernel to set the > required HSYNC/VSYNC frequencies early on in the boot sequence? I was wondering whether it wouldn't be worthwhile writing a version of the console driver which would start up in a different mode. It would require more work than it appears, since VGAs normally do the text display themselves, but that wouldn't be possible in graphics mode. > Hmm... maybe I should ask the above questions in -hackers > instead of -questions? :) Good idea. I'm sure Terry will find many reasons why it won't work :-) Following up to -hackers. Greg