Re: [seul-edu] Need advice with LCD projector

[h <jhuns@vt.edu>]

generic vga 640x480 works on our old sharp with mandrake linux with an ibm 1400i
laptop. but i don't keep both configured at the same time.

Dave Prentice wrote:

> To anybody,
>     My school just received a donation of a Sharp XG-E850U projector. It has
> composite, BNC, and 15 pin VGA, with a choice of digital or analog. The
> resolution is only 640x480. (For free, I can live with that!) It's several
> years old and came without a manual. It displays just fine in text mode
> using the 15 pin analog input.
>     I know the graphics mode would work fine with Windoze, but I want to use
> it with Gnome under Linux (RedHat 7.1) to do presentations. I can't figure
> out what answer to give in Xconfigurator for the monitor type. No matter
> what I try, I get the message that there is a problem with the X
> configuration. I can't locate info on the internet about horizontal and
> vertical sync frequencies. Can anybody help?
> Thanks,
> Dave Prentice
> prentice@instruction.com