[rescue] Fw: Quick low-tech question
Bill Bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
Wed Nov 13 22:51:33 CST 2002
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 09:19:58PM -0500, Michael Free wrote:
> Alright, this I can accept. What I can't accept, is that I've got 2
> 13W3-HD15 adapters, one specifically sold as a Sun to VGA monitor converter,
> and neither will sync up. I *know* my monitor (Compaq MV700) will go up to
> 1600x1200, and syncs from 60Hz to 100Hz vertical, and the fbinfo script
> correctly identifies the FB as a CG6 1152x900x76, monitor type 4.
> I'm running 1152x864x75Hz vertical at the moment off my PC... I wonder why I
> can't get the monitor to sync up and run off the CG6?
Monitor probably doesent do SyncOnGreen. Also, if its a CG6, the
monitor sense bit isnt getting passed through, so the system doesent know
what resolution to output.
Try setting the resolution "hard" in openboot?
Bill
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bill bradford
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austin, texas
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