The worst I've seen lately was when I needed to remove /etc/X11/xorg.conf and force an xserver reconfiguration. Xorg is amazingly good with most cards, and if you get a cheap one it will be an older chipset that might even have full support. On 08/15/2011 02:00 PM, tom wrote: > Now that's just common sense. I'm running ubuntu 11.04. Do you > anticipate issues when I purchase the video card, and install it? Do > you think the new card will be "seen" by the system, and used instead of > the factory setup? I've never added a video card to a computer, before. > Tom > > On Mon, 2011-08-15 at 13:47 -0500, Daniel Taylor wrote: >> Yes, but it's simpler to just get a card with an HDMI out. >> They are common now, and monitors that take HDMI in are becoming more >> common as well. >> >> On 08/15/2011 01:46 PM, tom wrote: >>> That's true. So, I need to add a video card with a DVI out plug, right? >>> That, and a cord with HDMI on one end, and a DVI on the other should be >>> all I need to make things happen. I hope. >>> Tom >>> >>> On Mon, 2011-08-15 at 13:39 -0500, Daniel Taylor wrote: >>>> On 08/15/2011 09:59 AM, Ryan Coleman wrote: >>>>> All 1080p displays are 1920x1080 - otherwise they aren't 1080p. 1080i, IIRC, is 1600x1080 or something like that. >>>>> >>>>> As for the adapter - why wouldn't it work? I have them, and I use them often. You cannot take an HDMI signal and push it to a DVI monitor that isn't native HD but you can do it the opposite way. You just need to know the exact resolution you want to push if the software / x flavor doesn't do it automatically. >>>>> >>>> Well, according to the data sheet on his computer, it wouldn't work >>>> because he only has an HD15 VGA out. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list