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 C1A6E1382C5 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2020 01:15:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2B97CE0971; Tue, 15 Dec 2020 01:15:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pg1-x534.google.com (mail-pg1-x534.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::534]) (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 CBB2AE092B for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2020 01:15:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pg1-x534.google.com with SMTP id w16so14093597pga.9 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:15:07 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=sTFeTqmfVU3KfsGfEvyzRWqwVD91FEjzaETvbdvsFrM=; b=UIBgyrRlcMK0ALMq9l88zGZNPUuB9GPRDIyvabpiMxMgAjlwTTENYyHHp7qxnuzoe3 TKYawgjAZkmEc69SEfKJJLfZiDkEBMDqDWTOauEaJg1LQPy0Sj7wjNO2E+RGk8ehMkQ3 Ve6XjnmMkesLkerpSXDpORjopQb0DyxHGlLsj319wZpOiPdvX+DtNFgWFsfmAnB2sSMD KoSUndy2rUfNffn6Pj4xx8NjnJcvYHfMtxmo2X2ntnSa/z+lxUXWmH+VJogpqvvHZ19z Bj7cwsfcEUvEz2q58Cuq74+p20hka3hKiqgYFKbctqi+QePoDNxQiRhBtzSMhq0i0v0c p0/A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=sTFeTqmfVU3KfsGfEvyzRWqwVD91FEjzaETvbdvsFrM=; b=ShI91YH2+F50hjG8g3wwofJTMkXJuz3UO5E1GSuSKIgfPRIV2YNFUU1K/GTxUKl+ku npNMhVF966XUbl3HXqyjciDJfbjK+h88DA016TblgLC60S2mYuYHStQRriwAfTDOnb4x WED8G/jGdqE+LLY/QYbKI0EMOgRH1i7STOLKmwpI6RUqg1dm/UL6FG48B8TXoIPmE2mj qI3HhYrFJvTuNCjzMEMPz5yB7ZVFLYIUZeRIx2WDizsZaMa+ge/mcKE668ZYQUU+kcMP k09rSQ7j4eRguwAuhKZv732Wr7MhtDbgk6pDu2D1Lc4sffVt+XNSRSoyEFjDoipioIiU aDug== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532z4p88gbKqJ1C4mvZojROoLf2ODcU0+I5UblUvH3Nj+1UnvHQA pqIt7rvumA8tsxdXAO8zx0BqjmgRuFM= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyIuN5Q5zDtOOj/odFZYBsFbGhX6tbPH4fFYr/pMXJTGpMPCbJNwLDRF72Dl4uyXX05HKCbsQ== X-Received: by 2002:a62:5f81:0:b029:19a:89cb:41d8 with SMTP id t123-20020a625f810000b029019a89cb41d8mr26491922pfb.48.1607994906528; Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:15:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.247.5] (d207-6-88-162.bchsia.telus.net. [207.6.88.162]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ci2sm18801999pjb.40.2020.12.14.17.15.05 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:15:05 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: DVI-D / HDMI / VGA adaptors To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20201214185542.GA3533@waltdnes.org> From: Daniel Frey Message-ID: <7152c8b8-72a2-a7b1-dd0f-f94af2c3398d@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:15:03 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.4.2 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 In-Reply-To: <20201214185542.GA3533@waltdnes.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 2ee8ddb2-fd9c-4218-975d-4101374447a8 X-Archives-Hash: fb82b2e6d7a57c83954ff8fd9611d0a5 On 12/14/20 10:55 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: > 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. > If your old monitor has DVI-D there's a plethora of HDMI to DVI-D cords out there. We use a lot of them where I work. Dan