Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1002 mails)

[Stan Goodman <stan.goodman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 14 July 2011 1736:11 Karl-Heinz tm "Karl-Heinz tm" <karl-
heinz_tm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Stan,
>
> on your problem #1:  what video card are you using?  I have had this
> behaviour on machines where the kernel does not recognise the video
> card (e.g. Nvidia) correctly and then switches to the vesa/fb
> driver, offering nothing better than 1024*768.  Installing the
> proper video driver would fix that issue.

The product documentation calls  the graphics card "Intel HD Graphics", 
so presumably it is an Intel proprietary high-definition card.

> Mode f 35A sounds weird.  The VESA mode for 1600/1200/32 is 322,
> which is equivalent to Linux's video mode number 834.  Have to tried
> passing the command "vga=834" to the kernel command line upon boot? 
> Unfortunately this may not work even if the kernel does control your
> video card correctly as this mode is not strictly standardised, and
> it will not work (i.e. ignored) if the kernel does not recognise
> your card.  Anyway, I would give it a try, and check the kernel's
> logging output.

I think the first step is to look for a proper driver for the display 
card. I think the very small set of options in Systems settings is 
evidence  that this card, with the driver it is using, supports only 
this limited set of standards.
> BR,
> Karl-Heinz
>
> > From: stan.goodman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: opensuse@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [opensuse] New v11.4 installation -- odd behaviors
> > Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:29:09 +0300
> >
> > Because my venerable Pentium 4 motherboard died yesterday, I have a
> > new MB (i5 CPU on an Intel HD67BL board) and have installed 64bit
> > v11.4 on it. I am non-plussed by some of the behaviors I observe.
> > I hope someone can help me understand them.
> >
> > 1) But immediately upon booting the installation DVD yesterday, and
> > again when I started up the installed system todday, I was asked to
> > choose a display mode. I was offered a small group of options to
> > pick be entering the number. The one I wanted was listed as:
> >
> > f 35A 1600x1200x32...(I would have chosen 60Hz if it were offered)
> >
> > I tried enterring "f", "35A", and "f 35A", and was rewarded each
> > time with an error message telling me that the entry was not a
> > valid mode.
> >
> > Permitting the system to make up its own mind, the boot proceeded,
> > and I went to  Systems Settings to see what it had chosen. It is
> > 1024x768 at 60Hz (no better resolution is offered). Even the
> > ancient Pentium 5 was able to give me the higher resolution, and
> > at the 60Hz refress rate. My conclusion is that there is an
> > setting I must change, but I see nothing suggestive in the BIOS,
> > so I may be overlooking something. Perhaps someone can see what
> > that might be.
> >
> > 2)
>
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