On Thursday 14 July 2011 1736:11 Karl-Heinz tm "Karl-Heinz tm" <karl- heinz_tm@hotmail.de> 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@hashkedim.com To: opensuse@opensuse.org 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.
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