Am Mittwoch, 2. August 2006 18:36 schrieb John R. Sowden:
Has anyone tried the 19" wide screen monitors on a suse box yet? Does version matter? I am currently using 9.3, waiting for my 10.1 dvd to arrive. Can I see a wider spreadsheet? How do I set it up? an on and on ... tia,
It is more down to the video card than the monitor or SUSE itself. You need a fairly modern video card and the relevant driver to use the non-VESA modes that the widescreen monitors use. Most nVidia, ATi and Intel chipsets from the last couple of years should be fine. If you aren't using 20"+ widescreen (1680x1050 or better), then you won't find a lot of benefit from going widescreen, they are a little wider, but you loose height, and the total number of pixels is lower than a standard 1280x1024 TFT panel. The 20"+ panels make a very noticeable difference, although I still feel cramped, having used dual-head for the last year or so (twin 17" TFT's)... The 20.1" LG panel is really clear and stable, and I don't get the monitor frames in the middle of the picture, but it is still a little frustrating at times, 1680 is still less than 2560 ;) -- David Wright Wright Information Services Europa "I got to go figure," the tenant said. "We all got to figure. There's some way to stop this. It's not like lightning or earthquakes. We've got a bad thing made by men, and by God that's something we can change." - The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck