On Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 11:02:48AM +0100, Ted Harding wrote: > On 29-Jul-01 Sam Varghese wrote: > > i managed to get two 20" monitors today - but > > both are fixed frequency. > > does anyone have any experience in getting a > > monitor of this kind to work with linux? > > I've done this with Hewlett Packard A1079C monitors. > > These have a 3-line input with separate cables for > Red, Green and Blue, the synchronisation signal > goes on the Green channel, and the resolution is > fixed at 1280x1024. In this case the main issue is > coping with the sync-on-green.
Thanks very much for taking the trouble to reply in so much detail. I probably will look for the adaptor which you mentioned as these monitors are both Mac monitors - Supermac STD9782-E. I've managed to find the vertical and horizontal sync rates. Does the sync on green mean that you can't use a terminal while in X? Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com
