Dan Beach wrote: > I plan on trying with my Compaq Evo N800c & docking station (with DVI) but > am told may not work coz its a universal docking station that may only work > with laptops that have DVIs on board (which mine doesn't)
It would be great if you could post the result to this list when you have tried it. Thanks Andreas > Dan > -----Original Message----- > From: David Goodenough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 22 May 2004 23:28 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: DVI output? > > > Try taking a copy of Knoppix with you to the shop, and see it they > will let you try it. Then you will know if it "just works". > > On Saturday 22 May 2004 20:34, Andreas Schwarz wrote: >> Juraj Ziegler wrote: >> > On Sat, May 22, 2004 at 03:56:54PM +0200, Andreas Schwarz wrote: >> >>Hello, >> >> >> >>did anyone try Linux on on a laptop with a DVI port (maybe on the = > port >> >>replicator)? >> > >> > Nope, but my guess is it would just work, out of the box. You = > connect >> > your fancy flat panel to the DVI port, the gfx card notices this = > and >> > sends output there. >> >> After what I've read on various mailing lists nothing "just works" = > with >> Linux on a laptop (see: Intel WLAN, the problems with 1400x1050 & >> i855GM, ACPI suspend, card reader etc.). I definitely don't want to >> spend thousands of =A4 on hardware and find that I can't use it. >> >> > Have you tried it and experienced problems, or are you just asking = > in >> > forward? >> >> I didn't try it. I'm planning to purchase a laptop which I also want = > to >> use as a replacement for my PC, so DVI & Dual Screen is very = > important. >> The most interesting device is the Acer Travelmate 6003, but it is = > very >> unlikely that they fixed the annoying i855GM bug. Another candidate = > is >> the HP nc8000, but it's far more expensive. >> >> Regards, >> Andreas > > > --=20 > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? 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Then you will know if it = > "just works".</FONT> ></P> > ><P><FONT SIZE=3D2>On Saturday 22 May 2004 20:34, Andreas Schwarz = > wrote:</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Juraj Ziegler wrote:</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > On Sat, May 22, 2004 at 03:56:54PM +0200, = > Andreas Schwarz wrote:</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> >>Hello,</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> >></FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> >>did anyone try Linux on on a laptop = > with a DVI port (maybe on the port</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> >>replicator)?</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> ></FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > Nope, but my guess is it would just work, = > out of the box. You connect</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > your fancy flat panel to the DVI port, the = > gfx card notices this and</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > sends output there.</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>></FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> After what I've read on various mailing lists = > nothing "just works" with</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Linux on a laptop (see: Intel WLAN, the = > problems with 1400x1050 &</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> i855GM, ACPI suspend, card reader etc.). I = > definitely don't want to</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> spend thousands of =A4 on hardware and find = > that I can't use it.</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>></FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > Have you tried it and experienced = > problems, or are you just asking in</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > forward?</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>></FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> I didn't try it. I'm planning to purchase a = > laptop which I also want to</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> use as a replacement for my PC, so DVI & = > Dual Screen is very important.</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> The most interesting device is the Acer = > Travelmate 6003, but it is very</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> unlikely that they fixed the annoying i855GM = > bug. Another candidate is</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> the HP nc8000, but it's far more = > expensive.</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>></FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Regards,</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Andreas</FONT> ></P> ><BR> > ><P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-- </FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to = > [EMAIL PROTECTED]</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? = > Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]</FONT> ></P> ><BR> > ><P><FONT SIZE=3D2>This email has been checked for all viruses at the = > internet level by MailDefender. 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