RE: [SLE] SuSE 8, Nvidia and limited resolution
Thanks! I'll give this a try this evening. My monitor supports 1600x1200, so it should work OK. Thanks again, Mike ------------------------------------------ Cleary_Mike@emc.com ------------------------------------------ "A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse.: - anon -----Original Message----- From: Jamie O'Shaughnessy [mailto:jamie.oshaughnessy@ntlworld.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 5:08 AM To: Cleary_Mike@emc.com Cc: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: RE: [SLE] SuSE 8, Nvidia and limited resolution With someone else's help from the list, I figured this out. To fix this I: - made sure "1600x1200" was in the Section "Screen"->Sub Section "Display"->Modes - deleted the Section "Monitor"->UseModes line from /etc/X11/XF86Config Note, only do the above if you have a newish monitor. Basically X won't tell the monitor what settings to use and so your monitor has to cope with it. The only thing that doesn't work for me now is 3D support, even though I have the Load "glx" in modules. Jamie On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 Cleary_Mike@emc.com wrote:
I have the exact same problem: I had it in 7.3, and now with a clean install of 8.0. After getting all the updates via YOU, I ran Sax2. I could pick 1600x1200, but when I started the X server to test it, the highest res was 1280x1024. Sax2 decided to totally lock up the machine (had to do a hard reset) at this point so I've quit messing w/ it for now. BTW, my card is a GeForce2 MX 400 (AGP)
If I figure something out, I'll be sure to pass it on!
Mike ------------------------------------------ Cleary_Mike@emc.com ------------------------------------------ "A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse.: - anon
-----Original Message----- From: Jamie O'Shaughnessy [mailto:jamie.oshaughnessy@ntlworld.com] Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 7:19 PM To: SuSE Mailing List Subject: [SLE] SuSE 8, Nvidia and limited resolution
I've just installed SuSE8, run through YOU to download/install updates (including the nvidia drivers) and when I set up X using sax2 I can only use a maximum resolution of 1280x1024. I always run at 1600x1200 (as I have a big montior) and have done as long as I've been using SuSE and a Nvidia graphics card (Geforce 2 GTS). I've made sure the monitor freq settings are correct for my monitor, but no luck.
Anyone had similar problems? Solution? Ideas?
Cheers, Jamie
-- Jamie O'Shaughnessy jamie.oshaughnessy@ntlworld.com
From: Jamie O'Shaughnessy [mailto:jamie.oshaughnessy@ntlworld.com]
With someone else's help from the list, I figured this out. To fix this I: - made sure "1600x1200" was in the Section "Screen"->Sub Section "Display"->Modes - deleted the Section "Monitor"->UseModes line from /etc/X11/XF86Config
Note, only do the above if you have a newish monitor. Basically X won't tell the monitor what settings to use and so your monitor has to cope with it.
I have been suffering from a severe case of "buyer's remorse" over SuSE 8.0 (nVidia GeForce2 GTS AGP card and Dell E771p monitor). SaX2 keeps forcing me to do hard resets. What chaps me is that Red Hat 7.2 installed flawlessly. I finally figured out to tell SaX2 not to calculate modelines. But I have no idea what the differences are between CheckDesktopGeometry, IteratePrecisely, or UseFramebufferTiming. Where is this stuff documented? How seriously should I take the warning not to edit the XF86Config file? Does SaX2 maintain its own information somewhere else? Thanks, Peter Taylor
Well tell me which distro has better support for video cards please ? -----Original Message----- From: Peter Taylor [mailto:murmur@ghg.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 4:45 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] SuSE 8, Nvidia and limited resolution I have been suffering from a severe case of "buyer's remorse" over SuSE 8.0 (nVidia GeForce2 GTS AGP card and Dell E771p monitor). SaX2 keeps forcing me to do hard resets. What chaps me is that Red Hat 7.2 installed flawlessly. I finally figured out to tell SaX2 not to calculate modelines. But I have no idea what the differences are between CheckDesktopGeometry, IteratePrecisely, or UseFramebufferTiming. Where is this stuff documented? How seriously should I take the warning not to edit the XF86Config file? Does SaX2 maintain its own information somewhere else? Thanks, Peter Taylor
SuSE 7.3, SuSE 7.2, SuSE7.1... (No problems with Mandrake 8 either) 8.0 may support a wider range of cards, but it's pretty obvious from a wide variety of complaints/problems on this list that Sax2 is not up to the production quality of previous versions of SaX (and also YOU seems to be causing some of the problems). Jamie On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, W.D.McKinney wrote:
Well tell me which distro has better support for video cards please ?
-----Original Message----- From: Peter Taylor [mailto:murmur@ghg.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 4:45 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] SuSE 8, Nvidia and limited resolution
I have been suffering from a severe case of "buyer's remorse" over SuSE 8.0 (nVidia GeForce2 GTS AGP card and Dell E771p monitor). SaX2 keeps forcing me to do hard resets. What chaps me is that Red Hat 7.2 installed flawlessly.
I finally figured out to tell SaX2 not to calculate modelines. But I have no idea what the differences are between CheckDesktopGeometry, IteratePrecisely, or UseFramebufferTiming. Where is this stuff documented?
How seriously should I take the warning not to edit the XF86Config file? Does SaX2 maintain its own information somewhere else?
Thanks, Peter Taylor
-- Jamie O'Shaughnessy jamie.oshaughnessy@ntlworld.com
On my workstation system, the only box I have 8.0 on, I use an ATI Radeon 64Meg DDR and my monitor is a NOKIA 445PRO 21", so my experience is limited. Yast2/Sax2 did an excellent job picking up both and setting them up, even though it was on a Belkin OmniCube 2 Port switch. It had the option of 1880x1440 right out of the box. Which did not happen in 7.3, 7.2,7.1,etc. I tried Red Hat again recently and it didn't work near as well. I have a little experience, started with Red Hat 2.0 and their first CD release. Been with SuSE since the 5.0 release. Only the experienced walk with a limp. /Dee -----Original Message----- From: Jamie O'Shaughnessy [mailto:jamie.oshaughnessy@ntlworld.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 12:01 AM To: W.D.McKinney Cc: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: RE: [SLE] SuSE 8, Nvidia and limited resolution SuSE 7.3, SuSE 7.2, SuSE7.1... (No problems with Mandrake 8 either) 8.0 may support a wider range of cards, but it's pretty obvious from a wide variety of complaints/problems on this list that Sax2 is not up to the production quality of previous versions of SaX (and also YOU seems to be causing some of the problems). Jamie On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, W.D.McKinney wrote:
Well tell me which distro has better support for video cards please ?
-----Original Message----- From: Peter Taylor [mailto:murmur@ghg.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 4:45 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] SuSE 8, Nvidia and limited resolution
I have been suffering from a severe case of "buyer's remorse" over SuSE 8.0 (nVidia GeForce2 GTS AGP card and Dell E771p monitor). SaX2 keeps forcing me to do hard resets. What chaps me is that Red Hat 7.2 installed flawlessly.
I finally figured out to tell SaX2 not to calculate modelines. But I have no idea what the differences are between CheckDesktopGeometry, IteratePrecisely, or UseFramebufferTiming. Where is this stuff documented?
How seriously should I take the warning not to edit the XF86Config file? Does SaX2 maintain its own information somewhere else?
Thanks, Peter Taylor
-- Jamie O'Shaughnessy jamie.oshaughnessy@ntlworld.com
On Tuesday 30 April 2002 07:44 pm, I wrote:
I have been suffering from a severe case of "buyer's remorse" over SuSE 8.0 (nVidia GeForce2 GTS AGP card and Dell E771p monitor). SaX2 keeps forcing me to do hard resets. What chaps me is that Red Hat 7.2 installed flawlessly.
I finally figured out to tell SaX2 not to calculate modelines. But I have no idea what the differences are between CheckDesktopGeometry, IteratePrecisely, or UseFramebufferTiming. Where is this stuff documented?
That's not right either. After many more crashes, I reinstalled from scratch using "safe settings," and had no problem with the "nv" driver. I was never asked whether to calculate modelines. Now my only obvious problem is no sound, and again I am chapped that it worked fine when I installed Red Hat 7.2 . Peter Taylor
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