One additional note - I just used Yast - sax2 to change the monitor and screen to 1280x1024, xorg.conf file below, and no matter what I set it to the "Screen Resolution" tool in the control center says my only choice is 800x600 at 50Hz. This is wierd ......... M- ------------------------xorg.conf # /.../ # SaX generated X11 config file # Created on: 2007-02-22T08:06:08-0700. # # Version: 8.1 # Contact: Marcus Schaefer , 2005 # Contact: SaX-User list https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users # # Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1) # PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE! # Section "Files" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/URW" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/PEX" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xtest" FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts" FontPath "unix/:7100" InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata" InputDevices "/dev/input/mice" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on" EndSection Section "Module" Load "glx" Load "type1" Load "extmod" Load "dbe" Load "freetype" Load "v4l" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "kbd" Identifier "Keyboard[0]" Option "Protocol" "Standard" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "mouse" Identifier "Mouse[1]" Option "Buttons" "9" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Name" "ImExPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse" Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2" Option "Vendor" "Sysp" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Monitor" DisplaySize 305 230 HorizSync 29-70 Identifier "Monitor[0]" ModelName "1280X1024@75HZ" VendorName "--> VESA" VertRefresh 50-75 UseModes "Modes[0]" EndSection Section "Modes" Identifier "Modes[0]" Modeline "1280x1024" 119.40 1280 1368 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1063 Modeline "1280x960" 120.84 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 999 Modeline "1280x800" 107.21 1280 1360 1496 1712 800 801 804 835 Modeline "1280x800" 98.89 1280 1352 1488 1696 800 801 804 833 Modeline "1280x800" 91.61 1280 1352 1488 1696 800 801 804 831 Modeline "1280x800" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 Modeline "1152x864" 104.99 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 902 Modeline "1152x864" 96.77 1152 1224 1344 1536 864 865 868 900 Modeline "1152x864" 89.56 1152 1224 1344 1536 864 865 868 897 Modeline "1152x864" 81.62 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895 Modeline "1280x768" 102.98 1280 1360 1496 1712 768 769 772 802 Modeline "1280x768" 94.98 1280 1352 1488 1696 768 769 772 800 Modeline "1280x768" 87.97 1280 1352 1488 1696 768 769 772 798 Modeline "1280x768" 80.14 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 795 Modeline "1024x768" 81.80 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 802 Modeline "1024x768" 76.16 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 800 Modeline "1024x768" 69.71 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 798 Modeline "1024x768" 64.11 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795 Modeline "1280x600" 79.00 1280 1344 1480 1680 600 601 604 627 Modeline "1280x600" 72.80 1280 1336 1472 1664 600 601 604 625 Modeline "1280x600" 66.74 1280 1336 1464 1648 600 601 604 623 Modeline "1280x600" 61.50 1280 1336 1464 1648 600 601 604 622 Modeline "1024x600" 63.20 1024 1080 1184 1344 600 601 604 627 Modeline "1024x600" 58.10 1024 1072 1176 1328 600 601 604 625 Modeline "1024x600" 53.78 1024 1072 1176 1328 600 601 604 623 Modeline "1024x600" 48.96 1024 1064 1168 1312 600 601 604 622 Modeline "800x600" 48.91 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 627 Modeline "800x600" 45.50 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 625 Modeline "800x600" 42.11 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 623 Modeline "800x600" 38.22 800 832 912 1024 600 601 604 622 Modeline "768x576" 45.51 768 808 888 1008 576 577 580 602 Modeline "768x576" 41.66 768 800 880 992 576 577 580 600 Modeline "768x576" 38.56 768 800 880 992 576 577 580 598 Modeline "768x576" 34.96 768 792 872 976 576 577 580 597 Modeline "640x480" 30.72 640 664 728 816 480 481 484 502 Modeline "640x480" 28.56 640 664 728 816 480 481 484 500 Modeline "640x480" 25.95 640 656 720 800 480 481 484 499 Modeline "640x480" 23.86 640 656 720 800 480 481 484 497 Modeline "1280x1024" 135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +HSyn c +VSync EndSection Section "Screen" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1024x768 " "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1024x768 " "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1024x768 " "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1024x768 " "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" EndSubSection Device "Device[0]" Identifier "Screen[0]" Monitor "Monitor[0]" EndSection Section "Device" BoardName "GeForce FX 5200 Ultra" BusID "1:0:0" Driver "nvidia" Identifier "Device[0]" Screen 0 VendorName "NVidia" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout[all]" InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer" Option "Clone" "off" Option "Xinerama" "off" Screen "Screen[0]" EndSection Section "DRI" Group "video" Mode 0660 EndSection Section "Extensions" EndSection -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Thanks but no, that doesn't appear to be the issue - Take a look at this thread: http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?showtopic=51056&hl=800x600 It turns out that after I set the video aperature in the bios to the amount of memory on my Nvidia video card all was fine. This is very, very wierd! Any explination why this worked will be appreciated. Thanks! Michael On 2/22/07, John Andersen wrote:

On Thursday 22 February 2007, Michael Folsom wrote:

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VendorName "--> VESA" There's your problem.

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