On 2011/07/29 08:24 (GMT+0800) George Olson composed:
lspci | grep VGA gave me the following: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M890CE/K8N890CE [Chrome 9] (rev 11)
I googled and found 2 drivers that say they support my chip, but I am not quite sure if they are Linux compatible drivers. Under the OS description on the driver download page, it says "probably all". Here are the names of the drivers - assuming that I looked everything up correctly: VIA K8M890CE/K8N890CE Display Driver 21. VIA K8M890CE& K8N890CE Display Driver
Those could both be found from the following website: http://downloadnew.org/software/k8m890-linux-drivers/
NAICT those are proprietary drivers. They may provide better performance than the FOSS driver, which you should try first, since it's easier to install....
[ 16.476] (==) Matched via as autoconfigured driver 0 [ 16.476] (==) Matched openchrome as autoconfigured driver 1 [ 16.476] (==) Matched unichrome as autoconfigured driver 2 [ 16.476] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 3 [ 16.476] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 4 [ 16.476] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout [ 16.476] (II) LoadModule: "via" [ 16.484] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module via [ 16.484] (II) UnloadModule: "via" [ 16.484] (EE) Failed to load module "via" (module does not exist, 0) [ 16.484] (II) LoadModule: "openchrome" [ 16.489] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module openchrome [ 16.489] (II) UnloadModule: "openchrome" [ 16.489] (EE) Failed to load module "openchrome" (module does not exist, 0) [ 16.489] (II) LoadModule: "unichrome" [ 16.496] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module unichrome [ 16.496] (II) UnloadModule: "unichrome" [ 16.496] (EE) Failed to load module "unichrome" (module does not exist, 0) [ 16.496] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev" [ 16.498] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so [ 16.498] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [ 16.498] compiled for 1.9.3, module version = 0.4.2 [ 16.498] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0 [ 16.498] (II) LoadModule: "vesa" [ 16.503] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so [ 16.503] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [ 16.503] compiled for 1.9.3, module version = 2.3.0 [ 16.503] Module class: X.Org Video Driver [ 16.503] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0 [ 16.503] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev [ 16.503] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
All the above says you're running on generic (fbdev/vesa) drivers, which do not support 1600x900, and that the FOSS unichrome driver that your gfxchip probably requires (when was that motherboard made?) was not found. So, before anything else, do as I suggested 11/07/27 17:09 -0400: "...'zypper in xorg-x11-driver-video-unichrome' as root and restarting X or rebooting may actually be all you need..." If that driver package is _already_ installed (which rpm, zypper and yast2 all can in each's own way tell you), it may be that X is not automagically finding it, and so may need unichrome specified as driver in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-device.conf. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org