[gentoo-user] Re: OT: DVI-D / HDMI / VGA adaptors

2020-12-17 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2020-12-18, Walter Dnes wrote: > Thanks for everybody's comments. I didn't feel like waiting till the > 6th or 10th of Januaty for Amazon shipping. I've got 2 HDMI cables > locally, but no HDMI-to-VGA dongle. Do HDMI->DVI-D if you have a choice. It purely a connector shape difference. There

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: DVI-D / HDMI / VGA adaptors

2020-12-14 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2020-12-14, Walter Dnes wrote: > But I want to attach the XPS 8940 to the older monitor, which only has > VGA and DVI-D. I use the older monitor for setup/install and to keep > the "hot backup" machine up-to-date. What are my options? For the main > machine I'll buy an HDMI cable. Are th