On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 09:59:42AM -0400, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > > I'm using an SGI 1600SW (17.4" wide) with the #9 card it's bundled with. > > A co-worker of mine owns this same monitor (boy is it sweet!) and uses the > Acclerated X server. It's much faster and less buggy. You may want to > check this out.
It is much faster and seems bug-free, but unfortunately it doesn't support DGA or XKEYBOARD, and those help out VMware quite a bit. And there are political issues within the company where I work -- getting software "certified" is a pain. I can use anything in Debian because Debian is certified, but another product is not. > Of course, the ideal solution would use an entirely different video card, > as the #9 card is not a great card. But there are very few 100% digital > cards out there. I looked into that, and even talked to SGI about it. I forget which DFP standard the 1600SW uses, but it's different from the two standards offered by everyone else (Matrox, ATI, etc). They said they are working on a product that will adapt the monitor to work with other types of DFP interfaces. They realize they made a mistake when choosing the interface. Who knows, that product may even be shipping now... :) Regards, Jeff