From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 495891382C5 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:55:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 24DE1E0922; Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:55:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pmta21.teksavvy.com (pmta21.teksavvy.com [76.10.157.36]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CBC24E0919 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:55:44 +0000 (UTC) IronPort-SDR: RwWHooXAGCZyhAnzKLnkpXEektO4DS8GrDf2UsEX/qJyPkIhDFMdiWjh1du6UQJykC9NfKMJGv 0LR8b6mw6xew== X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2FVCQCztNdf/yHkSC1igQkHhT5hiHO?= =?us-ascii?q?EUIYHhS2ZHwsBAQEBAQEBAQEcGQECBAEBhEQEggcmOBMCAwEBCwEBAQUBAQE?= =?us-ascii?q?BAQYEAgKGWocQHHJvExmGFKwpgTSFV4R/gTiNYj+BAj+BEINXg3iEEIIsBIF?= =?us-ascii?q?+gnt6kBFGjD2bRgqCdIEcmh0CL5MCjzqwXoZggXt9CIMkUBkNV5wxJjA3AgY?= =?us-ascii?q?KAQEDCVcBihQBAQ?= X-IPAS-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2FVCQCztNdf/yHkSC1igQkHhT5hiHOEUIYHhS2ZHwsBA?= =?us-ascii?q?QEBAQEBAQEcGQECBAEBhEQEggcmOBMCAwEBCwEBAQUBAQEBAQYEAgKGWocQH?= =?us-ascii?q?HJvExmGFKwpgTSFV4R/gTiNYj+BAj+BEINXg3iEEIIsBIF+gnt6kBFGjD2bR?= =?us-ascii?q?gqCdIEcmh0CL5MCjzqwXoZggXt9CIMkUBkNV5wxJjA3AgYKAQEDCVcBihQBA?= =?us-ascii?q?Q?= X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.78,420,1599537600"; d="scan'208";a="150139548" Received: from 45-72-228-33.cpe.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([45.72.228.33]) by smtp12.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 14 Dec 2020 13:55:43 -0500 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 14 Dec 2020 13:55:42 -0500 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 13:55:42 -0500 To: Gentoo Users List Subject: [gentoo-user] OT: DVI-D / HDMI / VGA adaptors Message-ID: <20201214185542.GA3533@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Archives-Salt: cca7d172-f156-465d-b929-3ea2ab825308 X-Archives-Hash: 7cb8eebd92b990955622edb64bf65289 I ordered a Dell XPS 8940 which arrived in October, but life got in the way, and I'm only now getting around to setting it up. First thing I noticed today is that Dell "had the courage to remove the VGA port" . It has HDMI and Displayport. I've got two monitors for my PCs. My main one has VGA/DVI/HDMI/Displayport inputs. 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 there adapters that'll push HDMI computer output into a monitor VGA or DVI-D input? That way I can buy an HDMI cable plus an adaptor, rather than a new monitor. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications