On 2020-05-13 13:44, Christopher Marlow wrote: > On Wed, 2020-05-13 at 10:55 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 2020-05-13 09:39, Christopher Marlow wrote: >>> On Wed, 2020-05-13 at 09:15 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: >>>> Does your desktop and monitor support another type of connection? >>>> >>>> Many systems have multiple choices. HDMI, DVI, Data Port. >>>> >>> Not that I know of..... >> Well, that doesn't sound like a definitive answer. Without knowing >> for sure it is hard to make a >> recommendation for a next step. What then would be helpful is one of >> two things. >> >> Either >> >> 1. Make and Model of both the Desktop and Monitor. >> >> > Dell Optiplex 980 Seems like Dell ships different kinds of this depending on the region. Does you back panel look like page 5 of this? https://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/optix/en/optiplex-980-tech-guide.pdf #12 is a Display Port connector. >> > Monitor Dell E197FP Well, sadly, that seems like an old monitor with only VGA input. So, even if your system is like what is shown in the PDF file with a "display port" connection there isn't much more than can checked. Unless you have a spare cable? Or, you can check to see if one of the pins (both male and female) on all 4 connectors to make sure they are solidly in the block and not pushed in. -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
