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Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:47:04 +0300 From: stan.goodman@hashkedim.com To: opensuse@opensuse.org Subject: Re: [opensuse] Nvidia vs ATI [OT: Sandy Bridge]
On 07/20/2011 12:42 AM, Karl-Heinz tm wrote:
Stan,
both Felix and I gave you solutions to your problem (though different methods to do it) but apparently what was help from our side didn't get you anywhere. Let's just back down a little bit so that we can get this solved.
We need to find out what driver your system is actually using, i.e. if it is correctly using the Intel driver. You need to be root for most of the following steps. Check if /etc/X11/xorg.conf exists on your system - it shouldn't but if it does: - rename it to something different and restart your system; see if there is a difference to before. You can also check in xorg.conf what driver is configured - look for a "Driver" section and replace the driver by intel if it says something different (e.g. vesa). If you do that, again restart and see if there is a difference. - ideally xorg.conf does not exist. Then check the video driver that your system is using by typing cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep intel (note it's a zero between Xorg and log, and a capital X). This command should produce lines that contain intel_drv.so if the Intel driver is running; if nothing is output, then try the above command by replacing the word intel by vesa, to see if the vesa driver is used instead.
Rights, let's go through these steps and see where they take us to.
/K.-H. If you already did the upgrades using the one-click installation then there is nothing of the actions I described that you still need to perform. You may double-check the versions by opening a console and typing (you may need to become root): Yes, as I've said, I did the one-click installatioin (the only one that hasbeen mentioned). That is why I am able to use the GUI desktop, since without the new driver, pop-up menus were illegible, and now I can read
On 07/20/2011 03:15 PM, Karl-Heinz tm wrote:
them.
I looked for a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf early this morning, but found
only directory
rpm -qa | grep video-7 (this should output "xorg-x11-driver-video-7.6.52.4.x86_64.rpm if it is still the stock OS11.4 version, or "xorg-x11-driver-video-7.6.229.1.x86_64.rpm" if it is the newer version from the X11 repo) It's the newer one. uname -r (this will output a kernel version number that includes 2.6.37 if it's still the stock OS11.4 kernel, or something including 2.6.39 after upgrading). I have not yet updated the kernel.
So, I think, it is necessary only to change the refresh rate. But Personal Settings > Display and Monitor offers onlly 60Hz (or Auto, which doesn't help). It is very hard to believe that this acclaimed (by the manufacturer) driver and hardware can support only one refresh rate (which doesn't seem demandingly fast), and that one is possible only for very modest resolutions (the greatest being 1024x768). There really has to be more to this -- or the question of a standalone graphics care arises again. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org