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Adam Jimerson

20 Feb 2008 20 Feb '08

04:12

I was running the 8.40.x driver for my Radeon Xpress 1100 card and I updated to the newer 8.45.x driver and ran the necessary commands to set it up # aticonfig --initial # init 3 # sax2 -r # init 5 and once X.org started back up I noticed KDM was stretched and once I logged in and saw my desktop I noticed that everything was also blurred. My screen resolution and everything is the same as it was with the 8.40.x driver, 1280x1024 SXGA, 24 bit colors, at about 60 HZ refresh rate. If it wasn't for the stretched windows and blurred text this would be fine, everything works at a decent speed and the only thing I am confused about is that I thought that newer ATI drivers was coming with aiglx just like the open source driver.

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Anton Moiseev

20 Feb 20 Feb

07:18

On Feb 20, 2008 7:12 AM, Adam Jimerson wrote:

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I was running the 8.40.x driver for my Radeon Xpress 1100 card and I updated to the newer 8.45.x driver and ran the necessary commands to set it up # aticonfig --initial # init 3 # sax2 -r # init 5

and once X.org started back up I noticed KDM was stretched and once I logged in and saw my desktop I noticed that everything was also blurred. My screen resolution and everything is the same as it was with the 8.40.x driver, 1280x1024 SXGA, 24 bit colors, at about 60 HZ refresh rate. If it wasn't for the stretched windows and blurred text this would be fine, everything works at a decent speed and the only thing I am confused about is that I thought that newer ATI drivers was coming with aiglx just like the open source driver.

On my system with ATI I had some problems when run SAX - it detected my 19 inch monitor as 15 inch - I have to change this and all is fine, but before I mentioned this I was confused. Also AIGL is supported with recent drivers, but it is really unusable; as I remember it can be enabled by the extra option in fglrx section (check google for that). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Adam Jimerson

15:59

On Wednesday 20 February 2008 02:18:49 am Anton Moiseev wrote:

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On Feb 20, 2008 7:12 AM, Adam Jimerson wrote:

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I was running the 8.40.x driver for my Radeon Xpress 1100 card and I updated to the newer 8.45.x driver and ran the necessary commands to set it up # aticonfig --initial # init 3 # sax2 -r # init 5

and once X.org started back up I noticed KDM was stretched and once I logged in and saw my desktop I noticed that everything was also blurred. My screen resolution and everything is the same as it was with the 8.40.x driver, 1280x1024 SXGA, 24 bit colors, at about 60 HZ refresh rate. If it wasn't for the stretched windows and blurred text this would be fine, everything works at a decent speed and the only thing I am confused about is that I thought that newer ATI drivers was coming with aiglx just like the open source driver.

On my system with ATI I had some problems when run SAX - it detected my 19 inch monitor as 15 inch - I have to change this and all is fine, but before I mentioned this I was confused. Also AIGL is supported with recent drivers, but it is really unusable; as I remember it can be enabled by the extra option in fglrx section (check google for that).

Yea it read my 15.4 inch lcd screen, this is my laptop, as a 17 inch I went into SAX and changed my screen size to 15.4 inches but it did not fix my problem. Last night at 1 in the morning I fixed the problem with blurred text by going into KDE Personal Settings -> Appearance & Themes -> Fonts from there I switched the "Use Anti-Aliasing" from system settings to Enabled, and "Force fonts DPI" from disabled to 96 DPI. Now all my fonts are a readable size but my screen still looks like it is stretched. What do you mean by AIGL is unusable, is it just slow or does it have other problems?

Don Raboud

15:59

On Wednesday 20 February 2008 08:59, Adam Jimerson wrote:

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Yea it read my 15.4 inch lcd screen, this is my laptop, as a 17 inch I went into SAX and changed my screen size to 15.4 inches but it did not fix my problem. Last night at 1 in the morning I fixed the problem with blurred text by going into KDE Personal Settings -> Appearance & Themes -> Fonts from there I switched the "Use Anti-Aliasing" from system settings to Enabled, and "Force fonts DPI" from disabled to 96 DPI. Now all my fonts are a readable size but my screen still looks like it is stretched.

In Sax2, if the wrong screen size was selected (17in instead of 15.4 in), then the aspect ratio and screen dimensions are likely also wrong. Did you check these as well? -- Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Anton Moiseev

18:22

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What do you mean by AIGL is unusable, is it just slow or does it have other problems?

I have tried it rather long ago - when it first appeared in the driver. I do not remember exact problems, but I remember the whole desktop since the 1st moment gave me very buggy impression - something like the widgets do not react 50% of the mouse actions and other similar strange things happened. It was not just slow, I just could not work in it. Probably it was improved in the next driver versions, but I do not think so. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Adam Jimerson

20:01

On Wednesday 20 February 2008 10:59:54 am Don Raboud wrote:

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On Wednesday 20 February 2008 08:59, Adam Jimerson wrote:

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Yea it read my 15.4 inch lcd screen, this is my laptop, as a 17 inch I went into SAX and changed my screen size to 15.4 inches but it did not fix my problem. Last night at 1 in the morning I fixed the problem with blurred text by going into KDE Personal Settings -> Appearance & Themes -> Fonts from there I switched the "Use Anti-Aliasing" from system settings to Enabled, and "Force fonts DPI" from disabled to 96 DPI. Now all my fonts are a readable size but my screen still looks like it is stretched.

In Sax2, if the wrong screen size was selected (17in instead of 15.4 in), then the aspect ratio and screen dimensions are likely also wrong. Did you check these as well?

-- Don

I did but I don't know what would be the correct aspect ratio, my screen is somewhat wide. SaX2 currently has my aspect ratio at 5/4, with the options of Not Configured, 4/3, 5,4, 16/10. What good is the Not Configured option? My screen is "AUO AUO LCD MONITOR" I know that it was the same for when I had 8.40.x driver so that didn't change for sure.

Don Raboud

20:43

On Wednesday 20 February 2008 13:01, Adam Jimerson wrote:

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On Wednesday 20 February 2008 10:59:54 am Don Raboud wrote:

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In Sax2, if the wrong screen size was selected (17in instead of 15.4 in), then the aspect ratio and screen dimensions are likely also wrong. Did you check these as well?

I did but I don't know what would be the correct aspect ratio, my screen is somewhat wide. SaX2 currently has my aspect ratio at 5/4, with the options of Not Configured, 4/3, 5,4, 16/10. What good is the Not Configured option? My screen is "AUO AUO LCD MONITOR" I know that it was the same for when I had 8.40.x driver so that didn't change for sure.

If it is a laptop I would guess that its 16/10, but there is an excellent, time tested way to check - use a ruler ;-) Seriously, measure the horizontal and vertical dimensions of your screen in mm (these are the values that should appear in sax2 anyway) and their ratio is the aspect ratio of your screen. If this is a pretty standard laptop then once you select the right aspect ratio, when you pick the right screen size (say 15.4in) the horizontal and vertical dimensions should be pretty close to what you measure. After you have done this and are up and running, try the following commands (without the quotes) "xdpyinfo | grep dimensions" <--Pixels and physical dimensions "xdpyinfo | grep resolution" <-- dots per inch For the dots per inch you want this to be close to square (say 96x96 or 100x100) for the fonts to come out right. When all of these are set right, the difference in the clarity of the fonts can be HUGE. At least that has been my experience. Hope this helps. -- Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Adam Jimerson

21:14

On Wednesday 20 February 2008 03:43:33 pm Don Raboud wrote:

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If it is a laptop I would guess that its 16/10, but there is an excellent, time tested way to check - use a ruler ;-)

Seriously, measure the horizontal and vertical dimensions of your screen in mm (these are the values that should appear in sax2 anyway) and their ratio is the aspect ratio of your screen. If this is a pretty standard laptop then once you select the right aspect ratio, when you pick the right screen size (say 15.4in) the horizontal and vertical dimensions should be pretty close to what you measure.

After you have done this and are up and running, try the following commands (without the quotes)

"xdpyinfo | grep dimensions" <--Pixels and physical dimensions "xdpyinfo | grep resolution" <-- dots per inch

For the dots per inch you want this to be close to square (say 96x96 or 100x100) for the fonts to come out right.

When all of these are set right, the difference in the clarity of the fonts can be HUGE. At least that has been my experience.

Hope this helps.

-- Don

Now I know where my problem is, my dots per inch isn't square vendion@SE-03:~> xdpyinfo |grep dimensions dimensions: 1024x768 pixels (333x208 millimeters) vendion@SE-03:~> xdpyinfo | grep resolution resolution: 78x94 dots per inch I've tried all three Aspect Ratio's available, 16/10 is the closest to being clear but as "xdpyinfo | grep resolution" shows no cigar.

Don Raboud

21:34

On Wednesday 20 February 2008 14:14, Adam Jimerson wrote:

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On Wednesday 20 February 2008 03:43:33 pm Don Raboud wrote:

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If it is a laptop I would guess that its 16/10, but there is an excellent, time tested way to check - use a ruler ;-)

Seriously, measure the horizontal and vertical dimensions of your screen in mm (these are the values that should appear in sax2 anyway) and their ratio is the aspect ratio of your screen. If this is a pretty standard laptop then once you select the right aspect ratio, when you pick the right screen size (say 15.4in) the horizontal and vertical dimensions should be pretty close to what you measure.

After you have done this and are up and running, try the following commands (without the quotes)

"xdpyinfo | grep dimensions" <--Pixels and physical dimensions "xdpyinfo | grep resolution" <-- dots per inch

For the dots per inch you want this to be close to square (say 96x96 or 100x100) for the fonts to come out right.

When all of these are set right, the difference in the clarity of the fonts can be HUGE. At least that has been my experience.

Hope this helps.

-- Don

Now I know where my problem is, my dots per inch isn't square

OK, that does need to be fixed.

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vendion@SE-03:~> xdpyinfo |grep dimensions dimensions: 1024x768 pixels (333x208 millimeters) vendion@SE-03:~> xdpyinfo | grep resolution resolution: 78x94 dots per inch

I've tried all three Aspect Ratio's available, 16/10 is the closest to being clear but as "xdpyinfo | grep resolution" shows no cigar.

First things first, have you measured the physical dimensions of your screen? Is the above indicated 333x208 millimeters close? Assuming so... 333/208 = 1.6 (approximately) so *16/10* is the right value -- Good 1024/768 = 1.33 or *4/3* -- NOT GOOD 1024x768 is for screens that have an 4/3 aspect ratio. You need to pick one that works out to 16/10 (I have 1280x800 on my laptop). Do you have the specs for your laptop? That should indicate the "natural" resolution for your screen. Try that one. -- Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Adam Jimerson

21:57

On Wednesday 20 February 2008 04:34:08 pm Don Raboud wrote:

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On Wednesday 20 February 2008 14:14, Adam Jimerson wrote:

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On Wednesday 20 February 2008 03:43:33 pm Don Raboud wrote:

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If it is a laptop I would guess that its 16/10, but there is an excellent, time tested way to check - use a ruler ;-)

Seriously, measure the horizontal and vertical dimensions of your screen in mm (these are the values that should appear in sax2 anyway) and their ratio is the aspect ratio of your screen. If this is a pretty standard laptop then once you select the right aspect ratio, when you pick the right screen size (say 15.4in) the horizontal and vertical dimensions should be pretty close to what you measure.

After you have done this and are up and running, try the following commands (without the quotes)

"xdpyinfo | grep dimensions" <--Pixels and physical dimensions "xdpyinfo | grep resolution" <-- dots per inch

For the dots per inch you want this to be close to square (say 96x96 or 100x100) for the fonts to come out right.

When all of these are set right, the difference in the clarity of the fonts can be HUGE. At least that has been my experience.

Hope this helps.

-- Don

Now I know where my problem is, my dots per inch isn't square

OK, that does need to be fixed.

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vendion@SE-03:~> xdpyinfo |grep dimensions dimensions: 1024x768 pixels (333x208 millimeters) vendion@SE-03:~> xdpyinfo | grep resolution resolution: 78x94 dots per inch

I've tried all three Aspect Ratio's available, 16/10 is the closest to being clear but as "xdpyinfo | grep resolution" shows no cigar.

First things first, have you measured the physical dimensions of your screen? Is the above indicated 333x208 millimeters close? Assuming so...

333/208 = 1.6 (approximately) so *16/10* is the right value -- Good 1024/768 = 1.33 or *4/3* -- NOT GOOD

1024x768 is for screens that have an 4/3 aspect ratio. You need to pick one that works out to 16/10 (I have 1280x800 on my laptop). Do you have the specs for your laptop? That should indicate the "natural" resolution for your screen. Try that one.

-- Don

I only have three optional resolutions 1280x1024 (SXGA) which is what SaX2 is set to now 1024x768 (XGA) this is what xdpyinfo |grep dimensions says my screen is 800x600 (SVGA) Now according to the Catalyst Control Center the Max Resolution is 1280x800 but is not a option is SaX2. I don't have the specs on me but I can look them up if needed, and I wasn't able to find a ruler so I was unable to measure the size of my screen.

Don Raboud

22:06

On Wednesday 20 February 2008 14:57, Adam Jimerson wrote:

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I only have three optional resolutions 1280x1024 (SXGA) which is what SaX2 is set to now 1024x768 (XGA) this is what xdpyinfo |grep dimensions says my screen is 800x600 (SVGA)

Those are all 4/3 aspect ratios.

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Now according to the Catalyst Control Center the Max Resolution is 1280x800 but is not a option is SaX2. I don't have the specs on me but I can look them up if needed, and I wasn't able to find a ruler so I was unable to measure the size of my screen.

OK, I'm reasonably sure that 16/10 is right aspect ratio, so the ruler can wait for now but should be done just to confirm. I don't understand why sax2 doesn't give you any other selections. What do you have selected as a monitor? Try a basic "-->LCD" if you aren't using it already and you should be able to pick from more than what you have indicated above. (Make sure you select the right aspect ratio *before* picking the resolution. ) -- Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Adam Jimerson

22:25

On Wednesday 20 February 2008 05:06:27 pm Don Raboud wrote:

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On Wednesday 20 February 2008 14:57, Adam Jimerson wrote:

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I only have three optional resolutions 1280x1024 (SXGA) which is what SaX2 is set to now 1024x768 (XGA) this is what xdpyinfo |grep dimensions says my screen is 800x600 (SVGA)

Those are all 4/3 aspect ratios.

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Now according to the Catalyst Control Center the Max Resolution is 1280x800 but is not a option is SaX2. I don't have the specs on me but I can look them up if needed, and I wasn't able to find a ruler so I was unable to measure the size of my screen.

OK, I'm reasonably sure that 16/10 is right aspect ratio, so the ruler can wait for now but should be done just to confirm.

I don't understand why sax2 doesn't give you any other selections. What do you have selected as a monitor? Try a basic "-->LCD" if you aren't using it already and you should be able to pick from more than what you have indicated above. (Make sure you select the right aspect ratio *before* picking the resolution. )

-- Don

Ok I'm going from a "AUO AUO LCD MONITOR" to a -->LCD 1280X800@60HZ, basing this off of what the ATI Catalyst Control Center says my card can handle. After restarting X SaX2 says that I can only use the same resolutions 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 Looks like this might be a bug?

Don Raboud

22:49

On Wednesday 20 February 2008 15:25, Adam Jimerson wrote:

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On Wednesday 20 February 2008 05:06:27 pm Don Raboud wrote:

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On Wednesday 20 February 2008 14:57, Adam Jimerson wrote:

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I only have three optional resolutions 1280x1024 (SXGA) which is what SaX2 is set to now 1024x768 (XGA) this is what xdpyinfo |grep dimensions says my screen is 800x600 (SVGA)

Those are all 4/3 aspect ratios.

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Now according to the Catalyst Control Center the Max Resolution is 1280x800 but is not a option is SaX2. I don't have the specs on me but I can look them up if needed, and I wasn't able to find a ruler so I was unable to measure the size of my screen.

OK, I'm reasonably sure that 16/10 is right aspect ratio, so the ruler can wait for now but should be done just to confirm.

I don't understand why sax2 doesn't give you any other selections. What do you have selected as a monitor? Try a basic "-->LCD" if you aren't using it already and you should be able to pick from more than what you have indicated above. (Make sure you select the right aspect ratio *before* picking the resolution. )

-- Don

Ok I'm going from a "AUO AUO LCD MONITOR" to a -->LCD 1280X800@60HZ, basing this off of what the ATI Catalyst Control Center says my card can handle. After restarting X SaX2 says that I can only use the same resolutions 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 Looks like this might be a bug?

I don't know if it is a bug, but I am running out of things to suggest. Are you running sax2 within your desktop environment (kde?)? I don't know if it is necessary but I always run sax2 from one of the virtual terminals in runlevel 3. Perhaps try that. Also, if that doesn't work you could try again to make the changes, but this time *don't* test the settings, just save the changes and see what happens. I see you have an ATI graphics card. I'm sorry but I have no experience at all with ATI cards (I only have nvidia here) and maybe there is a more appropriate tool than sax2 to adjust these settings. What does "ATI Catalyst Control Center" do? If nothing works, maybe you should make a new post to the list with these specific narrowed down details - these seem to be at the heart of your font/screen problems. I would guess that someone here could help you. Good luck. -- Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Adam Jimerson

23:13

On Wednesday 20 February 2008 05:49:47 pm Don Raboud wrote:

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On Wednesday 20 February 2008 15:25, Adam Jimerson wrote:

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On Wednesday 20 February 2008 05:06:27 pm Don Raboud wrote:

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On Wednesday 20 February 2008 14:57, Adam Jimerson wrote:

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I only have three optional resolutions 1280x1024 (SXGA) which is what SaX2 is set to now 1024x768 (XGA) this is what xdpyinfo |grep dimensions says my screen is 800x600 (SVGA)

Those are all 4/3 aspect ratios.

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Now according to the Catalyst Control Center the Max Resolution is 1280x800 but is not a option is SaX2. I don't have the specs on me but I can look them up if needed, and I wasn't able to find a ruler so I was unable to measure the size of my screen.

OK, I'm reasonably sure that 16/10 is right aspect ratio, so the ruler can wait for now but should be done just to confirm.

I don't understand why sax2 doesn't give you any other selections. What do you have selected as a monitor? Try a basic "-->LCD" if you aren't using it already and you should be able to pick from more than what you have indicated above. (Make sure you select the right aspect ratio *before* picking the resolution. )

-- Don

Ok I'm going from a "AUO AUO LCD MONITOR" to a -->LCD 1280X800@60HZ, basing this off of what the ATI Catalyst Control Center says my card can handle. After restarting X SaX2 says that I can only use the same resolutions 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 Looks like this might be a bug?

I don't know if it is a bug, but I am running out of things to suggest.

Are you running sax2 within your desktop environment (kde?)? I don't know if it is necessary but I always run sax2 from one of the virtual terminals in runlevel 3. Perhaps try that.

Also, if that doesn't work you could try again to make the changes, but this time *don't* test the settings, just save the changes and see what happens.

I see you have an ATI graphics card. I'm sorry but I have no experience at all with ATI cards (I only have nvidia here) and maybe there is a more appropriate tool than sax2 to adjust these settings. What does "ATI Catalyst Control Center" do?

If nothing works, maybe you should make a new post to the list with these specific narrowed down details - these seem to be at the heart of your font/screen problems. I would guess that someone here could help you.

Good luck. -- Don

Yes I have been running SaX2 from within KDE, I'll try running it from a virtual terminal and see if that makes a difference. I haven't been using the test settings, if just been saving and restarting x to let the changes take effect. If I test any changes then I can't make changes without my desktop messing up. The ATI Catalyst Control Center makes changes with the driver. Thanks for your help, and your time you managed to help me get a better idea of my problem.

Don Raboud

23:37

On Wednesday 20 February 2008 16:13, Adam Jimerson wrote:

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Yes I have been running SaX2 from within KDE, I'll try running it from a virtual terminal and see if that makes a difference. I haven't been using the test settings, if just been saving and restarting x to let the changes take effect. If I test any changes then I can't make changes without my desktop messing up. The ATI Catalyst Control Center makes changes with the driver.

I'm not clear how sax2 and the catalyst control center are related in making changes to your video settings. If possible I would try to stick to one. (Like I said previously I have no experience with ATI cards, but with nvidia sax2 just seems to work).

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Thanks for your help, and your time you managed to help me get a better idea of my problem.

You're welcome. I hope you get it fixed (be sure to let the list know if you do). -- Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Patrick Shanahan

23:53

* Adam Jimerson [02-20-08 18:19]:

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Yes I have been running SaX2 from within KDE, I'll try running it from a virtual terminal and see if that makes a difference.

That in itself is not enough. You need to change to runlevel 3, ie: as root "init 3", w/o the quotes. ps, *please* trim your quotes. http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Adam Jimerson

21 Feb 21 Feb

00:03

New subject: [opensuse] Screen stretched and blurred after ATI update (solved!!!)

On Wednesday 20 February 2008 06:37:28 pm Don Raboud wrote:

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On Wednesday 20 February 2008 16:13, Adam Jimerson wrote:

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Yes I have been running SaX2 from within KDE, I'll try running it from a virtual terminal and see if that makes a difference. I haven't been using the test settings, if just been saving and restarting x to let the changes take effect. If I test any changes then I can't make changes without my desktop messing up. The ATI Catalyst Control Center makes changes with the driver.

I'm not clear how sax2 and the catalyst control center are related in making changes to your video settings. If possible I would try to stick to one. (Like I said previously I have no experience with ATI cards, but with nvidia sax2 just seems to work).

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Thanks for your help, and your time you managed to help me get a better idea of my problem.

You're welcome. I hope you get it fixed (be sure to let the list know if you do).

-- Don

Don thank you again, your last suggestion did the trick, of course it wasn't easy, but after fighting with the ATI driver, 5 hard restarts (holding down the power button until it shuts down), running sax2 -r 5 times each time the system locking up and the screen turn all kinds of funky colors, I now have a screen resolution of 1280x800 at a aspect ratio of 16/10. Everything is back to normal again!!!

Don Raboud

00:10

New subject: [opensuse] Screen stretched and blurred after ATI update (solved!!!)

On Wednesday 20 February 2008 17:03, Adam Jimerson wrote:

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Don thank you again, your last suggestion did the trick, of course it wasn't easy,

Last suggestion? Which was that again, running from runlevel 3?

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but after fighting with the ATI driver, 5 hard restarts (holding down the power button until it shuts down), running sax2 -r 5 times each time the system locking up and the screen turn all kinds of funky colors, I now have a screen resolution of 1280x800 at a aspect ratio of 16/10. Everything is back to normal again!!!

Super! Even if I don't quite understand exactly what you did, I'm glad you got it sorted out. Now, make a copy of the working xorg.conf file and keep it in a safe place - just in case. -- Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Adam Jimerson

00:32

New subject: [opensuse] Screen stretched and blurred after ATI update (solved!!!)

On Wednesday 20 February 2008 07:10:20 pm Don Raboud wrote:

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Last suggestion? Which was that again, running from runlevel 3?

Yea I ran SaX2 from runlevel 3 and it works now

David C. Rankin

22 Feb 22 Feb

07:26

Adam Jimerson wrote:

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I was running the 8.40.x driver for my Radeon Xpress 1100 card and I updated to the newer 8.45.x driver and ran the necessary commands to set it up # aticonfig --initial # init 3 # sax2 -r # init 5

and once X.org started back up I noticed KDM was stretched and once I logged in and saw my desktop I noticed that everything was also blurred. My screen resolution and everything is the same as it was with the 8.40.x driver, 1280x1024 SXGA, 24 bit colors, at about 60 HZ refresh rate. If it wasn't for the stretched windows and blurred text this would be fine, everything works at a decent speed and the only thing I am confused about is that I thought that newer ATI drivers was coming with aiglx just like the open source driver.

The 8.45.5 driver was just released last week and seems to be working fine. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Adam Jimerson

18:35

On Friday 22 February 2008 02:26:23 am David C. Rankin wrote:

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The 8.45.5 driver was just released last week and seems to be working fine.

Yea I got it fixed a couple of days ago, and now that I got the problem solve with help I have to agree that 8.45.5 is working great... for an ATI driver that is.

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