Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2015 12:41:25 -0500 From: Xavier Freebsd Questio <xavierfreebsdquestio@aim.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: emulate a Xorg configuration of GNU/Linux (Fedora 21) on FreeBSD Message-ID: <8D1F65CCC028E2D-15D0-B0BC@webmail-vm170.sysops.aol.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1501041206560.74333@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <8D1F641A1D2B4CB-15D0-A6C2@webmail-vm170.sysops.aol.com> <20150104153549.70c269ae.freebsd@edvax.de> <8D1F6518B6F7572-15D0-ABA6@webmail-vm170.sysops.aol.com> <20150104180240.6c6cf30b.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1501041206560.74333@tripel.monochrome.org>
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On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 12:21:43PM -0500, Chris Hill wrote: Hi Chris , > On Sun, 4 Jan 2015, Polytropon wrote: > > > On Sun, 4 Jan 2015 11:20:52 -0500, Xavier Freebsd Questio via freebsd-questions wrote: > > [ snip ] > > >> I try it and don't get output for > >> VGA external connector when I plugin it in HDMI input connector of TV. > > > > Ah! That could be the problem! > > I'll bet money that IS the problem. > > The solution is to use a display that supports the signal the laptop > puts out - apparently VGA in this case. Failing that, use a laptop that > puts out a signal format your display can accommodate - apparently HDMI > in this case (but you could also use Display Port with a connector > adaptor). > > > HDMI isn't capable of mapping _all_ imaginable DVI (or VGA) > > outputs generated by a computer. This usually shows that you > > can use a TV as a computer monitor in many cases, but not > > in all cases. > > In this particular case - a device with VGA output feeding a display > with HDMI input - I would not expect it ever to work. The VGA connector > only carries anaolog video. HDMI only carries digital. > > I'm guessing that the OP is using a VGA to DVI-I adaptor cable, followed > by a DVI-I to HDMI adaptor cable; this is the only setup I can think of > that would even allow things to be plugged in. But as we've seen in past > examples, having a plug that fits is necessary but not sufficient. > > Once that's resolved, then we can think about EDID and modes and so > forth. > Sorry, I wrong to write the initial post in this thread, I don't have VGA port, I have *HDMI* output port. Sorry ! Please, can you rewrite your present answer ? Sorry, thanks.
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