On Sunday 22 May 2005 23:10, NSK wrote:
Hi, I am trying to set up SUSE Pro 9.3 to work with the TFT WXGA 1280x800 (16:10) screen of an Acer TravelMate 2303 laptop.
The problem is that although I configure X to use 1280x800 via SaX2, KDE (and GNOME) start in 1024x768. I once managed to make KDE work at a physical resolution of 1024x768 with a virtual resolution of 1280x800, but of course this is not what I want. Because the screen is 16:10 and 1024x768 is 4:3, whatever is shown on the screen under SUSE is distorted and reading is not comfortable.
SaX2 does not seem able to solve my problem, and xf86config does not include 1280x800 resolution in its resolution selection menu. Therefore I should edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf manually.
I posted my /etc/X11/xorg.conf if you want to see it: http://nsk.wikinerds.org/blog/index.php?p=160
If it of any relevance, during the initial installation of SUSE I chose the 1024x768 resolution from the menu, because there was no 16:10-compatible resolution available in the menu. The graphics card is 32MB. I don't know the screen's horizontal and vertical refresh rates.
-- NSK http://portal.wikinerds.org I just fixed my fathers laptop (sony vaio fs750) to work 1280x800 had Identical symptoms.... I Followed the instruction of another thread here... Needed a program to change the vga bios settings... WOrked like a charm, but I don't have the time to chase the thread down for you.
Jerry