Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-ppc (72 mails)

[jdesalvo@xxxxxxx]

Quoting BandiPat <penguin0601@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> On Friday 14 October 2005 09:32 am, jdesalvo@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Have been trying for three days now to get the resolution on my
> 17"
> > Apple Studio Display set properly under X11 and SUSE 10. 
> 
> Joe,
> After starting sax2 to change the settings, did you find your
> monitor in 
> the database or just choose one closest to yours?  If your
> particular 
> model is not in the database, that's ok, we can walk you through
> adding 
> it later.  For now, let's just see if we can get you going.  Choose
> one 
> of the Apple monitors closest to yours then check the Vertical & 
> Horizontal scan rates to see how closely they match the specs on
> yours.  
> If they are not right, then change them to match.  Once that's
> done, 
> you should be able to select the 1280x1024 setting that will fall 
> within your specs ok.  Be sure to select other sizes also, like the
> 
> 1024x768, 800x600 & 640x480, so some of the games will find a
> screen 
> they need.
> 
> Check all other settings, like graphics card, mouse, keyboard and
> 3D if 
> you want it on.  Now finalize, test, be sure to test, save and
> quit.  
> That should get you there.  Let us know if your monitor is not
> listed 
> and once you get going, we'll go through adding yours to the
> database.
> 
> Lee
> 


Lee,

Thanks for your prompt reply. I should clarify that the Studio Display
is an old CRT. For a couple of years Apple used the name Studio
Display when also referring to LCD displays. Anyway...

If memory serves, Sax2 selected the monitor. I tried changing the
selection on my own a couple of times from APP to APPLE in the
manufacturer list and to Studio Display, but that didn't seem to have
an effect. And I think the Studio Display in the monitor list might
refer to the LCD version.
I tried changing the refresh rates, but when hitting the "Test" button
(to test the display) the "test" always came back with a different
scan rate. Baffling. For example, I'd select or indicate 75Hz, run
Test, and the test screen would have 84Hz or some such setting. WTF?

I've tried changing some of the other video settings or options, but
frankly I don't understand half of them and there is no help for me to
read there. The video card is AGP ATY Radeon 128 w/ 16M of video
ram--the original one shipped with this G4 Sawtooth, and I've tried
both the r128 driver and the fbdev driver.

I'm not at my home machine now so I can't test some of the other
things you suggest--the mouse and keyboard appear to function fine--
but will this evening. In the mean time, if you have additional
tips/suggestions for me to try, I'd be very grateful.

Thanks again for the help.

Joe



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