[opensuse] nVidia GeForce 8500GT Belinea 103035W OpenSUSE 11.1 Woes
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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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 modeline in a thread a couple of months back - unfortunately I can' t remember the command but a search in the archives should find it. Another question - what connection are you using between PC and monitor - VGA or DVI? If you're using DVI, try switching to VGA ; for some reason, auto detection of the monitor specs seems to be problematic using DVI on some monitor/video card combinations. Neither of my monitors (a BenQ and a Samsung) are correctly detected via DVI whereas they are via VGA. HTH. Rodney. -- =================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker@iinet.net.au ===================================================
Hi Rodney, 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?
I have these nVidia drivers installed (YaST2): Version: 180.29_2.6.27.18_0.3-0.1 Build Time: Mon 23 Feb 2009 15:49:50 CET Install Time: Sun 29 Mar 2009 22:52:38 CEST Package Group: System/Kernel License: Any permissive Installed Size: 10.9 M Download Size: 0 B Distribution: SUSE:openSUSE 11.1 (X86-64) Vendor: SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany Packager: http://bugs.opensuse.org Architecture: x86_64 Build Host: URL: Media No.: 0 Authors: NVIDIA
If you are using the nvidia drivers, install and setup the display using the nvidia control panel rather than Yast2.
I set everything in YaST2 manually to the specs of the manufacturer and saved without testing in SaX2. In the nVidia X Server Settings of the nVidia Dock (control panel) says: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Server Version Number: 11.0 Server Vendor String: The X.Org Foundation Server Vendor Version: 1.5.2 (10502000) NV-Control Version: 1.17 X Screens: 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The system uses: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Resolution 1400x1050 - Auto Freq (75 or 60) X Screen Number: 0 Color Depth: 16,7 Mill Colors (Depth 24) Meta Mode: 1 (1400x1050 +0+0) GPU 0 - (GeForce 8500GT) - Graphics Processor: GeForce 8500 GT - VBIOS Version: 60.86.50.00.00 - Memory: 512 MB - Bus Type: PCI Express 16X - Bus ID: 2:0:0 - IRQ: 16 - X Screens: Screen 0 - Display Devices: CRT-0 (CRT-0) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Then I try with the nVidia control panel. There is no 1680x1050 resolution available. I can enter it manually and save it in the X Server Display Configuration with Advanced as Panning, but that is no good; it just spreads beyound the LCD breadth with panning. The circles remain oval.
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 modeline in a thread a couple of months back - unfortunately I can' t remember the command but a search in the archives should find it.
Another question - what connection are you using between PC and monitor - VGA or DVI? If you're using DVI, try switching to VGA ; for some reason, auto detection of the monitor specs seems to be problematic using DVI on some monitor/video card combinations. Neither of my monitors (a BenQ and a Samsung) are correctly detected via DVI whereas they are via VGA.
I've tried VGA. I have not used DVI yet.
HTH.
Rodney.
HTH & TIA Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Am Sunday 03 May 2009 21:27:09 schrieb LLLActive@GMX.Net:
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!
The system uses: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Resolution 1400x1050 - Auto Freq (75 or 60) X Screen Number: 0 Color Depth: 16,7 Mill Colors (Depth 24) Meta Mode: 1 (1400x1050 +0+0)
and because of that (1400x1050) it is stretched. edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf as root with editor like kate or gedit. change the Section "Monitor": put a "#" in front of the lines dealing with syncs and modes. so it looks like this: Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor[0]" VendorName "Belinea" ModelName "103035W" #UseModes "Modes[0]" #DisplaySize 433 271 #HorizSync 31.0 - 83.0 #VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0 Option "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool" Option "DPMS" Option "PreferredMode" "1680x1050" EndSection comment out all lines with sync-values and sizes and the line with Modes[0]. so that monitor and gfx-card have to negotiate all these values. next edit your Section "Screen". so it looks like this part: Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen[0]" Device "Device[0]" Monitor "Monitor[0]" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1000" "1440x900" "1280x800" "1024x600" EndSubSection EndSection you may add more SubSections "Display" with other depths like 16, 15 or 8. important is to use "1680x1050" as first mode. or try to put a "#" in front of the line beginning with "Modes". -- einen schönen Tag noch DI Rainer Klier /(bb|[^b]{2})/ that's the question Und bitte keine TOFU-Mails (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOFU) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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 You can plug that modeline into you xorg.conf 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 wrote a bug on this during 11.1 beta testing but maybe the fix doesn't work with your hardware. -- 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
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