Re: [opensuse] nVidia GeForce 8500GT Belinea 103035W OpenSUSE 11.1 Woes
Hi David, David C. Rankin wrote:
Rodney Baker wrote:
On Sat, 2 May 2009 05:57:54 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
What resolution is your system actually trying to use? What video drivers are you using - the nvidia proprietary ones or the nv open source drivers?
If you are using the nvidia drivers, install and setup the display using the nvidia control panel rather than Yast2.
Alternatively, you may have to manually edit the modeline parameters in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. David C Rankin mentioned a cli utility for calculating the
You need to calculate the Generalized Timing Formula you say? Then you need:
gtf
Usage:
gtf h-resolution v-resolution refresh
Example:
gtf 1680 1050 60
# 1680x1050 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 65.22 kHz; pclk: 147.14 MHz Modeline "1680x1050_60.00" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 -HSync +Vsync
OK I get the same.
You can plug that modeline into you xorg.conf
exactly where? Does it come under Section "Monitor" or Section "Device" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mine are: Section "Monitor" Option "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool" DisplaySize 433 271 HorizSync 31-83 Identifier "Monitor[0]" ModelName "1680X1050@60HZ" Option "DPMS" Option "PreferredMode" "1680x1050" VendorName "--> LCD" VertRefresh 56-75 UseModes "Modes[0]" Option "UseEDID" "FALSE" EndSection ... Section "Device" BoardName "GeForce 8500 GT" Driver "nvidia" Identifier "Device[0]" Option "SaXDualHead" Option "TwinView" Option "SaXDualMonitorVendor" "--> VESA" Option "SaXDualOrientation" "RightOf" Option "MetaModes" "1680x1050,1280x1024;1600x1024,1280x1024;1600x1000,1280x1024;1400x1050,1280x1024;1600x900,1280x1024;1280x1024,1280x1024;1440x900,1440x900;1280x960,1280x960;1366x768,1366x768;1360x768,1360x768;1280x800,1280x800;1152x864,1152x864;1280x768,1280x768;1280x720,1280x720;1024x768,1024x768;1280x600,1280x600;1024x600,1024x600;800x600,800x600;768x576,768x576;640x480,640x480" Option "SaXDualResolution" "1280x1024" Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone" Option "SaXDualMode" "Clone" Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50-60" Option "SaXDualHSync" "31-64" Option "SaXDualMonitorModel" "1280X1024@60HZ" Option "SaXDualVSync" "50-60" VendorName "NVIDIA" EndSection ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
However, for your squashed earth problem. Open your xorg.conf and make sure the "Driver" line does *not* say 'vesafb', if it does, then change it to 'nv' and restart kde.
I see it is "nvidia". I have tried "nv" before, but the "nvidia" drivers seem to work. What is the "nv" driver called these days. I can not see it in the YaST repos. I can also recall that using Vesa does not work. LCD does allow an almost round circle. It is still slightly "flat earthed".
I wrote a bug on this during 11.1 beta testing but maybe the fix doesn't work with your hardware.
TIA Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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