[opensuse] Weird display problem on Sony laptop
I've just installed OpenSUSE 10.3 on my Sony Vaio VGN-NR21M laptop, which has a 1280x800 screen. However, when I boot up normally, the X screen comes up at 800x600 in the top left corner, and is repeated below (as if tiled) up to the full screen height. The right-hand side just stays black, although between the two copies of the screen is a white line going across the full width. The hardware info screen reports the monitor as 800x600, and if I run SaX2 to set the correct screen resolution and dimensions manually, it reverts to 800x600 when I click on Test. However (and this is the interesting bit)... if I boot into the Xen kernel, the screen displays correctly at 1280x800. Normally this wouldn't be a big deal, but I do need to test some stuff under VMware as well as Xen, and the two don't get on, so I really do need the default kernel to be working at the correct resolution. 800x600 sucks! Anybody seen this before, or know what's causing it? -- Andy Wallace ***Disclaimer**** This e-mail and any attachments are for the intended addressee(s) only and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not a named addressee, do not use, retain or disclose such information. This email is not guaranteed to be free from viruses and does not bind Serco in any contract or obligation. Serco Limited. Registered in England and Wales. No: 242246 Registered Office: Serco House,16 Bartley Wood Business Park, Bartley Way, Hook, Hampshire RG27 9UY United Kingdom. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 7:49 AM, <Andrew.Wallace@serco.com> wrote:
I've just installed OpenSUSE 10.3 on my Sony Vaio VGN-NR21M laptop, which has a 1280x800 screen.
However, when I boot up normally, the X screen comes up at 800x600 in the top left corner, and is repeated below (as if tiled) up to the full screen height. The right-hand side just stays black, although between the two copies of the screen is a white line going across the full width.
You need to tell us the chipset of the video card. -- ----------JSA--------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 7:49 AM, <Andrew.Wallace@serco.com> wrote:
I've just installed OpenSUSE 10.3 on my Sony Vaio VGN-NR21M laptop, which has a 1280x800 screen.
However, when I boot up normally, the X screen comes up at 800x600 in
"John Andersen" <jsamyth@gmail.com> wrote on 18/04/2008 05:51:43: the
top left corner, and is repeated below (as if tiled) up to the full screen height. The right-hand side just stays black, although between the two copies of the screen is a white line going across the full width.
You need to tell us the chipset of the video card.
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Sorry, it's an Intel Mobile Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 (according to the manual), although lspci reports it as an Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c) ***Disclaimer**** This e-mail and any attachments are for the intended addressee(s) only and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not a named addressee, do not use, retain or disclose such information. This email is not guaranteed to be free from viruses and does not bind Serco in any contract or obligation. Serco Limited. Registered in England and Wales. No: 242246 Registered Office: Serco House,16 Bartley Wood Business Park, Bartley Way, Hook, Hampshire RG27 9UY United Kingdom. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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