hey all not sure if this is the correct place but here goes.... i just finished my install of 10.0 on a dell inspiron 600m went great! i use the dell in a dock and have a flat panel connected to it. the flap panel is a dell e173fp im guessing i need a driver for this monitor. i cannot change resolutions and the screen size is off... it is telling me im running 800x600 but kinda looks like 640x480... in any case the fact that i cannot change resolutions and the freq is listed as 0hz makes me think i need a driver...?? or is there another monitor that i can choose? ... where do i look for a driver i have given up on googleing it google is NOT my friend tonight! thanks in advance
On Mon January 2 2006 6:50 pm, teck wrote:
i just finished my install of 10.0 on a dell inspiron 600m went great! i use the dell in a dock and have a flat panel connected to it. the flap panel is a dell e173fp im guessing i need a driver for this monitor. i cannot change resolutions and the screen size is off... it is telling me im running 800x600 but kinda looks like 640x480... in any case the fact that i cannot change resolutions and the freq is listed as 0hz makes me think i need a driver...?? or is there another monitor that i can choose? ... where do i look for a driver i have given up on googleing it google is NOT my friend tonight!
I have a DELL Dimension 4400 and a new DELL XPS M140 laptop. I always go to DELL for my drivers. Even the Windows drivers will work, all you need is the .INF file. I just got a Samsung 713N flat panel for my desktop, and the driver works fine from Samsung. both laptop and desktop are running SUSE 10.0 . for google, don't forget to use www.google.com/linux for your linux searches. -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800
ok i got the driver and installed it as you suggested went well. BUT i still cannot change resolutions higher than 800x600 and in kde, configure - desktop / display it is showing oHz as the refresh rate. and in yast, card and monitor properties the sync freq's are correct..... On Monday 02 January 2006 20:16, Paul Cartwright wrote:
On Mon January 2 2006 6:50 pm, teck wrote:
i just finished my install of 10.0 on a dell inspiron 600m went great! i use the dell in a dock and have a flat panel connected to it. the flap panel is a dell e173fp im guessing i need a driver for this monitor. i cannot change resolutions and the screen size is off... it is telling me im running 800x600 but kinda looks like 640x480... in any case the fact that i cannot change resolutions and the freq is listed as 0hz makes me think i need a driver...?? or is there another monitor that i can choose? ... where do i look for a driver i have given up on googleing it google is NOT my friend tonight!
I have a DELL Dimension 4400 and a new DELL XPS M140 laptop. I always go to DELL for my drivers. Even the Windows drivers will work, all you need is the .INF file. I just got a Samsung 713N flat panel for my desktop, and the driver works fine from Samsung. both laptop and desktop are running SUSE 10.0 . for google, don't forget to use www.google.com/linux for your linux searches.
-- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800
On Mon January 2 2006 11:23 pm, teck wrote:
ok i got the driver and installed it as you suggested went well. BUT i still cannot change resolutions higher than 800x600 and in kde, configure - desktop / display it is showing oHz as the refresh rate. and in yast, card and monitor properties the sync freq's are correct.....
I did a google search and found this( you might not need to put your old monitor on, since you can use the new one): Connect your old monitor to the box. Open X-windows, at a terminal type "system-config-display" When the "DISPLAY SETTINGS" window comes up (you might have to enter the root password), go to HARDWARE and select "Generic LCD Display" with whatever resolution your LCD display supports. Then in the Display Settings window go back to the first tab and select the resolution for your new LCD. After your screen size has changed, disconnect your monitor and connect your LCD. Can't promise this will work since I don't have your hardware here to test, but this is how I would do it. ----------------------------------------------- and this thread also: http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?showtopic=21325 Installation on my Inspiron 1100 laptop running a Syntax USB-400 Wireless LAN Adaptor did not need configuration as SUSE saw it and configured it during setup, this was not the case with 9.3. SUSE 10 DID recognize my DELL E173FP monitor for my Dimension 3000 by make and model, and automatically configured the on-board graphics chip to 1280X1024 with the proper i865 driver right out of the gate (in 9.3, it didn't recognize the FP by exact make & model (no problem though), it only had the i810 driver, and preconfigured the resolution to 800X600 (no problem though, I just had to adjust it to 1280X1024 during installation) . ----------------------------- did you go to init 3 and run sax2 ??? to configure it?? -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800
On Monday 02 January 2006 08:23 pm, teck wrote:
ok i got the driver and installed it as you suggested went well. BUT i still cannot change resolutions higher than 800x600 and in kde, configure - desktop / display it is showing oHz as the refresh rate. and in yast, card and monitor properties the sync freq's are correct.....
Exit KDE by selecting <CTRL> + <ALT> + <Backspace> Type 'init 3' (without the quotes) to get out of GUI mode. Type 'sax2' - this will open the really cool x-configuration program. From within SaX2 you can play with your monitor settings and adjust accordingly. Be sure to select all the possible monitor settings you want. Once done you can restart X by typing 'init 5' to get back. I would suggest a reboot but most non-windows peeps here would throw large sharp daggers my way if I did. PS - enjoy the 600m. I've been using mine since July (no docking station) and have been really happy with both SuSE 9.3 and SUSE 10.0. -- kai www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part
On Tuesday 03 January 2006 12:49, Kai Ponte wrote:
Once done you can restart X by typing 'init 5' to get back. I would suggest a reboot but most non-windows peeps here would throw large sharp daggers my way if I did.
/me grumpily puts large sharp daggers back in case... Mark
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