Current desk setup requires archaeological dig to trace signal path:
| monitor: old dell 2209wa
| input: DVI
| adapter 1: DVI-to-HDMI (passive, redirected heat to my hand)
| adapter 2: HDMI-to-USB-C (active, pipe €49 to Hetzner)
| source: 2021 macbook pro
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Three adapters, two dongles, one display. Who else is living in adapter hell? Pipe your worst chains below.
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Oh no! I had similar setup at old office, sent ticket to IT yesterday about this. They made test order for new monitor instead. Much better solution!
I still use VGA-to-HDMI for projector in meeting room though. Works most of time. Cheers!
Vga-to-displayport-to-thunderbolt. Found the chain in a drawer at work. Plugged it in as joke. It works. Most tuesdays. On wednesdays the screen goes purple for ten minutes then recovers. I don't question it anymore...
Usb-a to ethernet to usb-c hub. Then hdmi from hub to dvi monitor. Two dongles deep and I cant find the original cable. Probably at /dev/null already...
`RTFM`
- adapter: serial RS-232 to USB-A
- adapter: USB-A to USB-C
- adapter: USB-C hub with VGA out
- adapter: VGA to HDMI (for modern projector)
- result: `ERROR: signal not found`
- name: fix cursed setup
Ansible.builtin.apt:
Name: new-hardware
State: present
Bullet points because YAML is life. Code blocks because clarity matters. Still doesnt work.
