Don Raboud wrote:
Hi,
On Friday 01 May 2009 02:27:54 pm LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote:
Hi all,
I am short of giving up. I have:
OpenSuSE 11.1 : 2.6.27.21-0.1-default #1 SMP 2009-03-31 14:50:44 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
nVidea GeForce 8500GT recognised by OpenSUSE 11.1
Belinea 103035W NOT in the Monitor List of YaST. I use LCD and set up as in the technical specs of the manufacturer: LCD 1680X1050@60 Hz Display size: 20.1 Inch (X-axis 433mm x Y-Axis 271mm) Aspect Ratio: 16/10 Sync Ferq: Horiz: 31 - 83 KHz ; Vert: 56 - 75 Hz
The round objects look like the flattened earth! Everything is pulled in the Horizontal direction. I tried every setup possibility. No change
Anyone got an Idea how to get it right?
It was correct in OpenSUSE 10.3!
TIA
Al
Are you doing this while logged in? I don't think this will work - you need to do this from runlevel 3.
I'm not sure how much of this you have tried, but what I usually do to get a working configuration is - backup existing /etc/X11/xorg.conf - logout - CTRL-ALT-F2 to get to a console - login as root - type "init 3" to go to runlevel 3 - type "sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia" (That's a zero, not a letter) - pick LCD, change aspect ratio to 16/10, resolution to 1680X1050 and monitor size to 20.1, - test and accept changes if OK. - type "init 5 && exit"
If there is still a problem, as root edit xorg.conf manually and add
Option "UseEDID" "FALSE"
to the monitor section. Then "init 3" and then "init 5 && exit".
Hope something here helps.
Hi Don, your method makes sense, and actually helped quit a lot. The round/square icons are almost circular/square. It just seems that some images are not proportioned normally. The setup is all correct now in YaST2 and in the xorg.conf with "UseEDID" "FALSE" ("UseEDID" "FALSE" - seems to fix most of the problem; what does it do?). I could not find a 20.1 size setup in the list, but just put the screen size of 433x271mm into sax2. Now the 20.1 appears also. sax2 tests with 1400x1050@60Hz. I did not have this problem with OpenSUSE 10.0 - 11.3. I had the same monitor on another system with another nVidia card, and it worked OK. Is there a way to test the monitor geometry? I used to be in Television engineering, and there we generated images for adjusting or checking CRT geometry. I just want to check where the problem is. I will be installing Ubuntu 9.04 tomorrow or so, and then look how the LCD performs. Ubuntu was the first to get my Gericom Notebook working with WLan USB stick already at installation. Maybe it also works with my PC setup to solve this wide screen problem. TIA Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org