I've found that the SGI 1600SW flatpanel LCD works great with SUSE Linux
10.0. I have a Number Nine Revolution IV-FP AGP video card (the direct
digital connection). SUSE sets this up with the i128 driver in
XFree86. It works great at 1600x1024, bright and beautiful. Note: if
your screen has an offset, simply select the other driver entry (use
"FLATPANEL-1600FP" not "FLATPANEL-1600SW").
However, I find that all "fullscreen" games destroy the X session: the
LCD display fades, flashes and the power button starts flashing. Has
anyone solved this? So far I've had luck disabling fullscreen in many
applications (for example KDE starts "frozen-bubbles" as "frozen-bubbles
--fullscreen". "enigma" can be started as "enigma --window". if you
want full screen, the same applications work fine if started from a
framebuffer console window).
-Bryce
Note: for the record, the official documentation and modelines for X on
the SGI 1600SW can be found here:
http://www.xfree86.org/4.5.0/I1284.html#4 and here
http://www.sgi.com/products/legacy/1600sw_faq/os.html
You may also be interested in a adapter that lets you use any Linux
supported DVI graphics card with the 1600SW, without the need for an
expensive Multi-Link adapter:
http://www.sharpertechnology.com/1600adapter.html . They will also
replace aging backlights in the monitor.
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