From owner-freebsd-sparc Tue Jun 18 12: 8:17 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Received: from bsd4us.org (dsl-65-174-220-210.dslx.net [65.174.220.210]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DD2B737B40B for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 12:08:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 4028 invoked by uid 1000); 18 Jun 2002 19:08:05 -0000 Message-ID: <20020618190805.4027.qmail@bsd4us.org> References: <20020615173950.739c7597.dirk@sqeezer.net> <3D0DEE6F.5040606@mail.microcenter.com> In-Reply-To: <3D0DEE6F.5040606@mail.microcenter.com> From: "Lyndon Griffin" To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 13W3 to VGA Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 15:08:05 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Anthony's nailed one of the two issues -- Most PC monitors don't understand the fixed-frequency that older Sun framebuffers spit out. So, even if you do have the VSIMMS, you may not get video. Anthony Dean writes: > Dirk Beckmann wrote: > >> Hi, >> i'm having problems connecting my sparcstation 20 to a regular >> VGA-monitor, >> i bought a special connector (13W3 male ----> SUB-D 15 female) which fits >> perfekt. But i cannot get any picture/video signal from the SS20. >> - has anybody the correct pin connections for a 13W3-->VGA cable? >> - i tried different monitors, 15" TFT, reg. 19" and 21" (ADI Microscan), >> do i need any "special" features to solve my problem? > > > Have you ever had it hooked up to a Sun monitor? If this is a used ss20 > you bought cheap or found it probably doesn't have any VSIMMs installed so > the integrated SX framebuffer won't work. If you've got any cheap 8 bit > framebuffers laying around, you might try one of those to make sure the > adapter is ok. > > Anthony > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message <:) Lyndon http://bsd4us.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message