On 2007/12/31 20:20 (GMT-0500) jfweber@gilweber.com apparently typed:
1) Before the upgrade to 10.3 (when both the desktop and laptop were 10.0) images looked the same on both. I could build a powerpoint presentation on the desktop and it looked the same on the laptop. Pictures looked the same. So prior to the upgrade everything was great.
2) Ignore the laptop for a moment. Powerpoint presentations and .jpgs that were on the desktop computer (10.0) prior to the upgrade now look wrong on the upgraded desktop (10.3). So images that previously looked landscape rectangular on the desktop now look square.
I only mentioned the laptop as a note of comparison between a 10.0 set up that seems to work properly and a 10.3 set up that does not.
There are many hardware configurations in 10.3 that are tricky to get right. This was quite uncommonly a problem in 10.0. Usually YaST installer got it right and there was nothing left for a user to do, infrequently not the case in 10.3.
That said, here's the information you requested:
For the 10.3 desktop being viewed on a 20" Viewsonic 20 monitor:
That particular model doesn't seem to exist on http://www.viewsonic.com/ . Is it a CRT?
xdpyinfo | grep resolution 80X64 dots per inch
My 20" Viewsonic http://www.viewsonic.com/products/lcddisplays/graphicseries/vg2021m/ is 1400x1050 and 87.5 x 87.5 DPI. A 20" at 1280x1024 should be about 82 X 82; at 1600x1200 about 100 X 100. 80 X 64 can be expected to squish objects narrower than their natural aspect.
xdpyinfo | grep dimensions 1280X768 pixels 406X305 mm
Those are incompatible, so something's radically messed up somewhere. 1280x768 doesn't compute to any standard aspect ratio, while 406 X 305 indicates a standard 4:3 ratio. IIRC some LCD TVs use 1280x768, but most TVs & PC displays you'll find somewhere in the table on http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/auth/displays.html
And for the 10.0 LinuxCertified laptop
xdpyinfo | grep resolution 86X84 dots per inch
So this laptop has about a 15" screen?
xdpyinfo | grep dimensions 1024X768 pixels 302X232 mm
1024 X 768 is the most common PC display resolution, but 302 X 232 isn't quite a standard 4:3 aspect ratio, nor even close to any 16:10 resolution.
Note: the resolution on the laptop cannot be increased. It is at its limit.
So the laptop is an XGA model (1024x768 native resolution)? Most newer stuff is widescreen and starts at 1280 X 800 (WXGA). What gfxcards chips are in these systems? Take a read of http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/auth/Font/fonts-linux-about.html if you have some time to kill waiting. -- Jesus Christ, the reason for the season. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org