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["LLLActive@xxxxxxx" <LLLActive@xxxxxxx>]

Don Raboud wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Friday 01 May 2009 02:27:54 pm LLLActive@xxxxxxx wrote:
>   
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am short of giving up. I have:
> >
> > OpenSuSE 11.1 : 2.6.27.21-0.1-default #1 SMP 2009-03-31 14:50:44 +0200
> > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> >
> > nVidea GeForce 8500GT recognised by OpenSUSE 11.1
> >
> > Belinea 103035W NOT in the Monitor List of YaST.
> > I use LCD and set up as in the technical specs of the manufacturer:
> > LCD 1680X1050@60 Hz
> > Display size: 20.1 Inch (X-axis 433mm x Y-Axis 271mm)
> > Aspect Ratio: 16/10
> > Sync Ferq: Horiz: 31 - 83 KHz ; Vert: 56 - 75 Hz
> >
> > The round objects look like the flattened earth! Everything is pulled in
> > the Horizontal direction. I tried every setup possibility. No change
> >
> > Anyone got an Idea how to get it right?
> >
> > It was correct in OpenSUSE 10.3!
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Al
> >     
>
> Are you doing this while logged in?  I don't think this will work - you need 
> to do this from runlevel 3.
>
> I'm not sure how much of this you have tried, but what I usually do to get a 
> working configuration is
> - backup existing /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> - logout
> - CTRL-ALT-F2 to get to a console
> - login as root
> - type "init 3" to go to runlevel 3
> - type "sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia"  (That's a zero, not a letter)
> - pick LCD, change aspect ratio to 16/10, resolution to 1680X1050 and monitor 
> size to 20.1,
> - test and accept changes if OK.
> - type "init 5 && exit"
>
> If there is still a problem, as root edit xorg.conf manually and add
>
> Option "UseEDID" "FALSE"
>
> to the monitor section.  Then "init 3" and then "init 5 && exit".
>
> Hope something here helps.
>
>   

Hi Don,

your method makes sense, and actually helped quit a lot. The
round/square icons are almost circular/square. It just seems that some
images are not proportioned normally. The setup is all correct now in
YaST2 and in the xorg.conf with "UseEDID" "FALSE" ("UseEDID" "FALSE" -
seems to fix most of the problem; what does it do?). I could not find a
20.1 size setup in the list, but just put the screen size of 433x271mm
into sax2. Now the 20.1 appears also. sax2 tests with 1400x1050@60Hz.

I did not have this problem with OpenSUSE 10.0 - 11.3. I had the same
monitor on another system with another nVidia card, and it worked OK.

Is there a way to test the monitor geometry? I used to be in Television
engineering, and there we generated images for adjusting or checking CRT
geometry. I just want to check where the problem is. I will be
installing Ubuntu 9.04 tomorrow or so, and then look how the LCD
performs. Ubuntu was the first to get my Gericom Notebook working with
WLan USB stick already at installation. Maybe it also works with my PC
setup to solve this wide screen problem.

TIA

Al

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