On Thursday 17 December 2009 17:11:33 Felix Miata wrote:

On 2009/12/17 15:46 (GMT+0100) lynn composed:

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Sorry Felix. Sorry everyone. The GX260 with the Intel graphics works with 11.1, that's what I have at work along with several with old ati and nvidia cards. It was around this time last year when the Intel didn't work on the 11.0 to 11.1 upgrade so in a panic I bought a batch of old cards from e-bay. Then opensuse released an xorg patch around Februatry and all was well with the onboard Intel again, the ones that still worked that is. What I have at home is a GX260 with an old riva tnt in one of the slots. It's not Intel as I last said.

I have to think the onboard 2002 845G chip would likely work at 1440x900, while I'd be surprised if the more than two years older Riva could.

It only works at 1024x768. L x -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On 2009/12/17 17:26 (GMT+0100) lynn composed:

Felix Miata wrote:

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I have to think the onboard 2002 845G chip would likely work at 1440x900, while I'd be surprised if the more than two years older Riva could.

It only works at 1024x768.

If you have a 1080p TV with a VGA port, try it, with both the TNT, and the Intel. 1920x1080 is a much older mode than 1440x900, and thus may work where 1440x900 does not. If 1920x1080 works, a display swap probably wouldn't be too hard to manage, though most likely more than a less geriatric AGP card off eBay. Inexpensive 1920x1080 PC displays are all over the stores now in sizes at least down to 20". -- " We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion." John Adams, 2nd US President Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On 2009/12/17 17:11 (GMT+0100) lynn composed:

I just tried without the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf and rebooted. It works the same. It doesn't seem to need that file anymore.

It isn't supposed to "need" it any more, but not having one often doesn't work or doesn't work well with older hardware. The same isn't good if you can't use your modern display's native 1440x900 mode because of its attachment to a 10 year old video card. Try removing the old TNT card and trying on the onboard video port without using any xorg.conf. If you can't get 1440x900 that way, try the xorg.conf file I gave you a link to last night, but only after uncommenting 2-3 lines that include the string "1440x900". Start with the modes line of your choice of color depth in 'Section "Screen"', and the 'Option "PreferredMode" "1440x900"' line in 'Section "Monitor"'. If that works but the font and other sizes don't seem right, you can uncomment one of the 1440x900 lines that begin with '#DisplaySize' to make everything bigger (higher DPI) or smaller (lower DPI). -- " We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion." John Adams, 2nd US President Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org