Apple M9179LL/A 30" Widescreen LCD with rv280

[Alex Deucher]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:07:58 +0100, Esben Stien <b0ef at esben-stien.name> wrote:
> I'm planning on getting the M9179LL/A; it's a Apple 30" Widescreen
> LCD, http://www.apple.com/displays/ - probably Samsung or Viewsonic
> OEM. If anyone knows please tell.
> 
> I intend to run this with a rv280 gpu, Radeon 9250 on GNU/Linux. This
> card features a single link DVI which is not sufficient to run the LCD
> in native resolution, 2560x1600. I will run in 1280x800/1920x1200
> until a card is out that is supported with libre software. I have seen
> this monitor operate at 1280x800/1920x1200 and it's blurryness is
> acceptable for a short term solution.
> 

some of the newer ati r3/4xx cards have a dual-link tmds transmitter
connected to the DVO port (the firegl v5000 or v5100 come to mind,
perhaps some oems as well).  The driver should already support the
external tmds transmitter, however, it may need some hacks to
initialize it correctly in duallink mode.  If you had such a card, I
can probably help you get dual-link mode up and running.

Alex

> I am interested in the aspects relating to boot up "out of sync" reports.
> 
> All the monitor adjustements are done in software. Is it possible to
> adjust this monitor with libre software?. I guess I have xgamma(1).
> 
> There is a report,
> 
> http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004Jun/bma20040630025789.htm
> 
> .. that older revisions of this monitor had some problems with the
> monitor going "out of sync" making it impossible to access bios or
> even use until it was initialized in native resolution. The newer
> revisions of this monitor have this issue resolved, or so they
> say. Anyone have any experience?
> 
> Anyone have any experience with this display or other inputs?.
> 
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