Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1325 mails)

[Rodney Baker <rodney.baker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2 May 2009 05:57:54 LLLActive@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am short of giving up. I have:
>
> OpenSuSE 11.1 : 2.6.27.21-0.1-default #1 SMP 2009-03-31 14:50:44 +0200
> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> nVidea GeForce 8500GT recognised by OpenSUSE 11.1
>
> Belinea 103035W NOT in the Monitor List of YaST.
> I use LCD and set up as in the technical specs of the manufacturer:
> LCD 1680X1050@60 Hz
> Display size: 20.1 Inch (X-axis 433mm x Y-Axis 271mm)
> Aspect Ratio: 16/10
> Sync Ferq: Horiz: 31 - 83 KHz ; Vert: 56 - 75 Hz
>
> The round objects look like the flattened earth! Everything is pulled in
> the Horizontal direction. I tried every setup possibility. No change
>
> Anyone got an Idea how to get it right?
>
> It was correct in OpenSUSE 10.3!
>
> TIA
>
> Al

What resolution is your system actually trying to use? What video drivers are 
you using - the nvidia proprietary ones or the nv open source drivers?

If you are using the nvidia drivers, install and setup the display using the 
nvidia control panel rather than Yast2. 

Alternatively, you may have to manually edit the modeline parameters in 
/etc/X11/xorg.conf. David C Rankin mentioned a cli utility for calculating the 
modeline in a thread a couple of months back - unfortunately I can' t remember 
the command but a search in the archives should find it. 

Another question - what connection are you using between PC and monitor - VGA 
or DVI? If you're using DVI, try switching to VGA ; for some reason, auto 
detection of the monitor specs seems to be problematic using DVI on some 
monitor/video card combinations. Neither of my monitors (a BenQ and a Samsung) 
are correctly detected via DVI whereas they are via VGA.

HTH.

Rodney.
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