Very Computer

Hi!

Use Modes "default" (or something similar, see the
XF86FBDev-documentation available from xfree.org).

Marc Mutz

Quote:

> Hi!

> Use Modes "default" (or something similar, see the
> XF86FBDev-documentation available from xfree.org).

> Marc Mutz

Hi Marc,
sorry, I can't find the original question to this answer.
Since I want to get a digital IBM flat panel, the T55D featuring a
P&D connector, running under Linux, my question is: Is it possible
anyhow and when, which combination of graphics card (ATI, Matrox, ...)
and X-server do I have to use?
Thank you,
Roland Schmehl

as far as I recall, the questions was, how to get the Matrox-DFP-addon
to run under Linux. He used the XF86_FBDev-Server, but tried modelines,
which negated the effect that using FB has: to let the BIOS do card
initialization.

As of your question: The only Videocard supporting digital LCD's under
Linux is the ATI Xpert LCD (in conjunction w/ the patched 3.3.3
Mach64-Server downloadable from
http://www.fachschaften.uni-bielefeld.de). It features a DFP port only,
so you cannot connect your P&D plug directly to it. Perhaps there is
someone out there who knows if there are adaptors available, because the
underlying electrical spec's of both standards are almost identical.

Marc