emulate a Xorg configuration of GNU/Linux (Fedora 21) on FreeBSD

[Xavier Freebsd Questio]

On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 12:21:43PM -0500, Chris Hill wrote:

Hi Chris ,

> On Sun, 4 Jan 2015, Polytropon wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 4 Jan 2015 11:20:52 -0500, Xavier Freebsd Questio via 
freebsd-questions wrote:
>
> [ snip ]
>
> >> I try it and don't get output for
> >> VGA external connector when I plugin it in HDMI input connector of 
TV.
> >
> > Ah! That could be the problem!
>
> I'll bet money that IS the problem.
>
> The solution is to use a display that supports the signal the laptop
> puts out - apparently VGA in this case. Failing that, use a laptop 
that
> puts out a signal format your display can accommodate - apparently 
HDMI
> in this case (but you could also use Display Port with a connector
> adaptor).
>
> > HDMI isn't capable of mapping _all_ imaginable DVI (or VGA)
> > outputs generated by a computer. This usually shows that you
> > can use a TV as a computer monitor in many cases, but not
> > in all cases.
>
> In this particular case - a device with VGA output feeding a display
> with HDMI input - I would not expect it ever to work. The VGA 
connector
> only carries anaolog video. HDMI only carries digital.
>
> I'm guessing that the OP is using a VGA to DVI-I adaptor cable, 
followed
> by a DVI-I to HDMI adaptor cable; this is the only setup I can think 
of
> that would even allow things to be plugged in. But as we've seen in 
past
> examples, having a plug that fits is necessary but not sufficient.
>
> Once that's resolved, then we can think about EDID and modes and so
> forth.
>

Sorry, I wrong to write the initial post in this thread, I don't have 
VGA port, I have *HDMI* output port. Sorry !

Please, can you rewrite your present answer ?

Sorry, thanks.