Subject: Re: 'unusual' resolutions on X
To: Mark Weinem <mark.weinem@onlinehome.de>
From: Timo Schoeler <timo.schoeler@riscworks.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 11/10/2005 14:00:54
> > I know from own experience that you really don't need a DVI input
> > for that.  My display @ work (a 21" Samsung SyncMaster 213T) works
> > just great off an analog VGA input
> 
> > > Don't believe the 'auto-adjust' for analogue input.  You need to
> > > display a full width text window with a small font (6 pixel/char
> > > width) and enter a long line of 'm' characters, then adjust the
> > > pixel clock and phase in a vague attempt to get every vertical
> > > line aligned with a column of pixels.
> > 
> > *shrug* Works For Me. I even throw in sub-pixel rendering for the
> > fun and readability of it. 
> 
> 
> Fact is: TFT displays + analog VGA input can work, but TFT + DVI input
> *will* work!  
> 
> Greetings, Mark

besides this: why should i convert digital signals on the gfx board into
analog ones and then back into digital ones in the TFT? this is nearly
as cool as running windoze ;)

timo