From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael S. Zick" Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Get your Matrox PCI cards out of the basement ... Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 08:35:25 -0500 Message-ID: <200406030835.25787.mszick@goquest.com> References: <20040602221734.GA26176@solo.franken.de> <20040603032304.GA22448@sal.ucc.ie> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: Thomas Bogendoerfer , parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Return-Path: In-Reply-To: <20040603032304.GA22448@sal.ucc.ie> List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: parisc-linux-bounces@lists.parisc-linux.org On Wed June 2 2004 22:23, M. Grabert wrote: > N.B. the "PLL not locked after 5 secs" messages also appear when > I try to change the resolution with fbset. fbset is busy for some > seconds (at first I thought the process locked up), but then returns > printing out those messages, and another 'fbset' (without arguments) > afterwards confirms that the resolution has been changed. > However the monitor stays black ... > > Any hints? Monitor? What monitor? How cabled? There are three flavors of getting sync to the monitor; composite, sync on green, and separate... A display card with a SVGA connector on it will produce one, two or all three flavors - either conncurrently or selectively depending on card (manufacturerer, age, etc)... Similar story with monitors... If using an older HP (or other) high resolution monitor - it most likely expects "sync on green" (or "separate" if it uses BNC connectors)... While your graphics card may have to be set (either manually or by software) to produce other than "composite". The short answer: Your not out of luck yet - It could be something simple. Mike PS: the monitor that came with my 720 (5-BNC connectors) will run with either "separate" or "sync on green" - it doesn't recognize "composite" (the pc-world standard). (Once you buy or build a suitable conversion cable) PPS: SVGA connector: 1 - red 2 - green (sync on green here) 3 - blue 4 - sense 2 5 - self test (and TTL ground) 6 - red ground 7 - green ground 8 - blue ground 9 - key 10 - sync ground 11 - sense 0 12 - sense 1 13 - Hor. Sync (separate or composite) 14 - Vert. Sync 15 - sense 3 _______________________________________________ parisc-linux mailing list parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org http://lists.parisc-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/parisc-linux