Re: 640x480 on a RE2

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Allan Schaffer (allan++at++sgi.com)
Thu, 25 Nov 1999 13:22:41 -0800 (PST)

It's probably working just fine but your monitor can't display such a
low-frequency format, so you can't see the result. You'll need to
use the same plain vanilla VGA monitor as you've hooked up to the MCO.

Allan

On Nov 25, 3:18pm, Jorge Valencia wrote:
> Simple question about RE2 boards:
>
> Can I drive 1 single 640x480 at 60 Hz display on a RE2 board?
> I looked in the /usr/gfx/ucode/RE/dg2/vof directory and actually found a
> 640x480_60.u file but when I tried it:
>
> % /usr/gfx/setmon -x 640x480_60
> % /usr/gfx/stopgfx
> % /usr/gfx/stargfx
>
> the X display manager never came back (the screen remained black on the
> console).
> I can drive a single 1280x1024 at 60 Hz but not 640x480!!!???
>
> I have an MCO connected to the RE2 board, and we usually use a 2++at++640x480_60
> configuration. We have plans to buy another RE2 and we want to know if it is
> possible to drive a single 640x480 view on each pipe (without MCO)
>
> I think I am missing something...

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