[opensuse] New monitor, no hi-definition
I bought a new Samsung 23" monitor. It has an HDMI connector, which doesn't seem to work, and a VGA connector, which does. At first, with the HDMI, it worked beautifully in both Windows xp and opensuse 12.1. After a couple of weeks, the HDMI connection failed. Windows shows huge images that you have to push against the edges of the monitor to get to the entire image (sorry, I can't think of a better way to describe it), and suse just says "the monitor reports an invalid VESA mode of 0x31A" and refuses to boot. I tried the VGA connection, and Windows gives a beautiful 1920X1080 image. suse boots, but refuses to go above 1280X1024,which the monitor insists on stretching to the full 1920X1080, giving an ugly, distorted image. With the loss of SAX2, I don't know how to make suse do the right thing on the VGA connector. Google gives a number of similar situations with fixes for ubuntu, but none seem to match mine, and I don't know what to put into the video configuration file to get it. Is there a way to get suse to give me 1920X1080 through the VGA connection? John Perry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
El 01/03/12 13:23, j.e.perry@cox.net escribió:
I bought a new Samsung 23" monitor. It has an HDMI connector, which doesn't seem to work, and a VGA connector, which does.
At first, with the HDMI, it worked beautifully in both Windows xp and opensuse 12.1. After a couple of weeks, the HDMI connection failed. Windows shows huge images that you have to push against the edges of the monitor to get to the entire image (sorry, I can't think of a better way to describe it), and suse just says "the monitor reports an invalid VESA mode of 0x31A" and refuses to boot.
I tried the VGA connection, and Windows gives a beautiful 1920X1080 image. suse boots, but refuses to go above 1280X1024,which the monitor insists on stretching to the full 1920X1080, giving an ugly, distorted image. With the loss of SAX2, I don't know how to make suse do the right thing on the VGA connector. Google gives a number of similar situations with fixes for ubuntu, but none seem to match mine, and I don't know what to put into the video configuration file to get it.
Is there a way to get suse to give me 1920X1080 through the VGA connection?
John Perry
Looks like your drivers are broken everywhere.. what does /usr/sbin/hwinfo --gfxcard and /usr/sbin/hwinfo --framebuffer say ? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
Looks like your drivers are broken everywhere.. what does
Given that the problem affects both Linux & Windows, it's not likely a software issue. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
---- "Cristian Rodríguez" <crrodriguez@opensuse.org> wrote:
El 01/03/12 13:23, j.e.perry@cox.net escribió:
I bought a new Samsung 23" monitor. It has an HDMI connector, which doesn't seem to work, and a VGA connector, which does. ... Is there a way to get suse to give me 1920X1080 through the VGA connection?
John Perry
Looks like your drivers are broken everywhere.. what does ...
So I took another look at the nvidia website. Search led me astray several times, but I finally got a page that said my GT520 requires 290+ drivers, so I downloaded the 295 driver. Then, to be sure, I checked with yast again (nvidia recommends that you use the driver provided by your distribution). yast, which had the 270 driver when I checked a couple of weeks ago, now had the 290 driver, which I installed. I now have 1920X1080 on the vga connector. Haven't checked with the hdmi, so I can't give any encouragement to the person who asked me to tell my experience with getting it going again. Thanks, Christian. John Perry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
j.e.perry@cox.net wrote:
I bought a new Samsung 23" monitor. It has an HDMI connector, which doesn't seem to work, and a VGA connector, which does.
At first, with the HDMI, it worked beautifully in both Windows xp and opensuse 12.1. After a couple of weeks, the HDMI connection failed. Windows shows huge images that you have to push against the edges of the monitor to get to the entire image (sorry, I can't think of a better way to describe it), and suse just says "the monitor reports an invalid VESA mode of 0x31A" and refuses to boot.
I tried the VGA connection, and Windows gives a beautiful 1920X1080 image. suse boots, but refuses to go above 1280X1024,which the monitor insists on stretching to the full 1920X1080, giving an ugly, distorted image. With the loss of SAX2, I don't know how to make suse do the right thing on the VGA connector. Google gives a number of similar situations with fixes for ubuntu, but none seem to match mine, and I don't know what to put into the video configuration file to get it.
Is there a way to get suse to give me 1920X1080 through the VGA connection?
John Perry
Given that's a new monitor, the first thing I would suspect is a hardware failure. Often a cable has gone bad, but new electronic gear may suffer from "infant mortality". Try some other source with that monitor and perhaps another monitor with the computer. Always suspect cable problems. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2012/03/01 11:23 (GMT-0500) John Perry composed:
...12.1... Is there a way to get suse to give me 1920X1080 through the VGA connection?
More than one, but the ideal one may depend on the output of 'lspci | grep VGA', and knowing if you have any proprietary video driver installed. Plus, knowing that it worked before points to a hardware issue that ought to be resolved before reconfiguring with a software workaround. Also post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file somewhere we can look at it, since it contains important troubleshooting info. -- "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 To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Thursday, March 01, 2012 10:23 j.e.perry@cox.net wrote:
I bought a new Samsung 23" monitor. It has an HDMI connector, which doesn't seem to work, and a VGA connector, which does.
<snip> My 21" ACER doesn't work with the HDMI either on my 11.3 or 10.3 systems. I'll be interested to see if you get it working/fixed. So make sure you keep us informed on the list please. ;) First thing is to always make sure you get rid of the nouveau thing and install (one way or another - I prefer to download from Nvidia's site and install it that way, others from a repository) the NVidia driver. I had to play around with three different ones before I got the 290.10 to run on my 11.3 system. Took three or four attempts at installing it before it seem to 'take'. That never happened before, but at least it works now and I can have that nice 1920x1080. -- There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else. -Theodore Roosevelt, 1915 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Insomniac wrote:
First thing is to always make sure you get rid of the nouveau thing and install (one way or another - I prefer to download from Nvidia's site and install it that way, others from a repository) the NVidia driver. I had to play around with three different ones before I got the 290.10 to run on my 11.3 system. Took three or four attempts at installing it before it seem to 'take'. That never happened before, but at least it works now and I can have that nice 1920x1080.
FWIW, I also have a Nvidia video card. Both the Nvidia and Nouveau drivers work with my 23" LG monitor. I connect to the monitor via DVI. I also have had no problem connecting my ThinkPad E520 via HDMI to that monitor and also to Sharp & Sony TVs. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
* James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com> [03-02-12 08:17]:
FWIW, I also have a Nvidia video card. Both the Nvidia and Nouveau drivers work with my 23" LG monitor. I connect to the monitor via DVI. I also have had no problem connecting my ThinkPad E520 via HDMI to that monitor and also to Sharp & Sony TVs.
I, too, have an nvidia card and a samsung 24" monitor which works fine on hdma/vga/nvidia/mouveau.... both on 11.4/12.1/12.2ms1 -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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