Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 13:56:32 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Sony GDM-1692B in text mode? Message-ID: <19971218135632.16344@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3498969C.2F1CF0FB@hiwaay.net>; from Steve Price on Wed, Dec 17, 1997 at 09:21:00PM -0600 References: <Pine.OSF.3.96.971217193130.12535A-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net> <19971218131942.58757@lemis.com> <3498969C.2F1CF0FB@hiwaay.net>
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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
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