Re: 1600sw & xorg.conf (Hi, Paul!).
On Dec 19, 2005, at 12:06 AM, Ben Scott wrote: Out of curiosity, I Googled the specs on the 1600SW, to see if mass-market displays had caught up with it at this point. (Answer: It appears they have.) In the process, I stumbled upon the following, which both mention products that convert DVI to the goofy SGI format. >ahem< goofy? I worked for SGI back in the day when we came out with the 1600SW. The choice was between two digital connectors and signaling formats, DVI and LDI. DVI was sort of an unknown quantity, but LDI was use in almost all laptops. The connector was also smaller and sturdier. Seemed a safe bet at the time. Recall that the 1600SW was one of the very first flat displays, and was certainly one of the very first to use a digital interface! As soon as it became apparent that we'd lost the format war, SGI released the 'multilink adapter' which transcoded the formats. for your entertainment, the SGI 1600SW was code-named '7 of 9', and the multilink adapter was codenamed 'Droid'. ;-) http://www.icir.org/hodson/1600sw/gfx1600sw.html http://www.pixsolution.com/ FYI, FWIW, YMMV, etc., etc. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: 1600sw & xorg.conf (Hi, Paul!).
On 12/19/05, Rob Lembree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Dec 19, 2005, at 12:06 AM, Ben Scott wrote: >> ... products that convert DVI to the goofy SGI format. > > >ahem< goofy? Yes, "goofy", meaning "anything that doesn't fit what is on-hand and thus makes the speaker's life more complicated". > I worked for SGI back in the day ... LDI was use in almost all laptops. > The connector was also smaller and sturdier. Seemed a safe bet at > the time. Clearly, SGI should have done a better job predicting the future. ;-) -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: 1600sw & xorg.conf (Hi, Paul!).
Out of curiosity, I Googled the specs on the 1600SW, to see if mass-market displays had caught up with it at this point. (Answer: It appears they have.) In the process, I stumbled upon the following, which both mention products that convert DVI to the goofy SGI format. http://www.icir.org/hodson/1600sw/gfx1600sw.html http://www.pixsolution.com/ FYI, FWIW, YMMV, etc., etc. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: 1600sw & xorg.conf (Hi, Paul!).
Bill McGonigle wrote: On Dec 16, 2005, at 14:13, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: Any suggestions/ideas/etc.? Would xrandr --size 1600x1024 do anything? That might convince your virtual size to step in line. Bill -- if'n you show up to a MerriLUG meeting any time in the nearish future, remind me I owe you a beer. Or three. -Ken -Bill - Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 603.252.2606 http://www.bfccomputing.com/Page: 603.442.1833 Blog: http://blog.bfccomputing.com/ VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: 1600sw & xorg.conf (Hi, Paul!).
On Dec 16, 2005, at 14:13, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: Any suggestions/ideas/etc.? Would xrandr --size 1600x1024 do anything? That might convince your virtual size to step in line. -Bill - Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 603.252.2606 http://www.bfccomputing.com/Page: 603.442.1833 Blog: http://blog.bfccomputing.com/ VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: 1600sw & xorg.conf (Hi, Paul!).
On 12/16/05, Ken D'Ambrosio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've got the Number 9 card (as opposed to the Glint card) -- the onlytwo cards that directly support this poor monitor. I seem to recall the 1600 SW used a Multilink that had every connector known to man on it. WHy is it limited to this video card? Just curiouse. Thomas
Re: 1600sw & xorg.conf (Hi, Paul!).
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: | Hi, guys. I installed Ubuntu recently, and made the switch from | XFree86 to X.org. All things, more-or-less, went smoothly, with one | sorta-odd exception: my 1600sw LCD, which has a resolution of | 1600x1024, seems to now have a virtual desktop of approx 1600x1050 | -- just enough that the bottom Gnome panel is off-screen. If I | mouse down, it comes up... but then the top panel goes away. I just | want it to get to the "real" resolution. Needless to say, | "1600x1024" are the only resolutions mentioned in my xorg.conf file, | most of which I pilfered from my (fully functional) XF86Config-4 file. | | I've Googled, to no apparent avail. | | I've got the Number 9 card (as opposed to the Glint card) -- the | only two cards that directly support this poor monitor. | | Any suggestions/ideas/etc.? Try running xvidtune and fool with the settings therein. It seems to make things work when stuff is "off by a little". | -Ken -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDoxgh/TBScWXa5IgRAp/PAJ94Jzr/9jRWfgxWqjDC6jvfYJKMnACfQxJv fhI4MwNNLi4zgC4Up/45Djs= =NyO9 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
1600sw & xorg.conf (Hi, Paul!).
Hi, guys. I installed Ubuntu recently, and made the switch from XFree86 to X.org. All things, more-or-less, went smoothly, with one sorta-odd exception: my 1600sw LCD, which has a resolution of 1600x1024, seems to now have a virtual desktop of approx 1600x1050 -- just enough that the bottom Gnome panel is off-screen. If I mouse down, it comes up... but then the top panel goes away. I just want it to get to the "real" resolution. Needless to say, "1600x1024" are the only resolutions mentioned in my xorg.conf file, most of which I pilfered from my (fully functional) XF86Config-4 file. I've Googled, to no apparent avail. I've got the Number 9 card (as opposed to the Glint card) -- the only two cards that directly support this poor monitor. Any suggestions/ideas/etc.? -Ken ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
