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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 13:19:42 +1030
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net>
Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: Sony GDM-1692B in text mode?
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On Wed, Dec 17, 1997 at 07:40:47PM -0600, Steve Price wrote:
>
> Has anybody had success in getting a Sony GDM-1962B monitor
> to work in text mode?  Anybody know what an appropriate
> 'modeline' would be for X's config file?  Anybody have one
> working with XInside's version 1.2 server?

Well, I don't suppose there are many messages which don't belong in
-chat, but IMO this is one.  I'm following up to -questions.

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.

> Besides, I need to get rid of my 13" monitor. :)

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.

Greg