[ltp] It’s the pins that count , or how to make DisplayPort-DVI adapter work (was: X60 p roduce s fuzzy VGA output in high resolutions - will Ultrabase help?)

[Shot (Piotr Szotkowski)]

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After all the great help from Bj=C3=B8rn Mork (kudos!), a lot of X testing,
log reviewing and head-scratching, it turns out that X301=E2=80=99s Display=
Port
does indeed work in Ubuntu 9.04, even out of the box =E2=80=93 the catch wa=
s not
in the DisplayPort-DVI adapter, nor in the X or intel driver versions,
but rather in the number of pins in the DVI-DVI cable that connects the
adapter to the monitor.

For all future generations (I can already foresee the archeologic geeks
of 2050 reading this after fruitless nights of cursing over ancient
hardware): if you=E2=80=99re connecting a DisplayPort laptop to a DVI monit=
or,
(at least with some adapters) you really need a 24-pin DVI cable.
Also, if you think that your pricey Eizo monitor must=E2=80=99ve shipped wi=
th
a 24-pin cable just because such cable costs =E2=82=AC6 =E2=80=93 well, thi=
nk again
(and count the eighteen buggers shamelessly sticking out of the plug=E2=80=
=A6).

Thank you, that would be all. :)

=E2=80=94 Shot, happily writing this on a razor-sharp external display at l=
ast
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