[opensuse] Dell laptop and openSUSE 11.1
I am so happy with 11.1 that I decided to install it on an older Dell Latitue X200 laptop. The install went smoothly until I got to the configure hardware section. I did not do my homework as well as I should have before starting the install or I would have known this laptop uses a display resolution of 1024x768. Instead at the original startup screen for the install I opted to use the 800x600 resolution that openSUSE had choosen. Needless to say but when I try to start X at 800x600 it blows up forcing a reboot. I am now at the point that I start up and go to init 3. From there I start sax2 but have so far been unable to get sax2 to use any resolution other that 800x600. I read the man pages for sax2 but didn't see a switch to force a specific screen resolution. I even deleted all of the xorg.conf files but sax2 still used 800x600 the next time I started it. How can I get sax2 to use 1024x768 to configure the xserver? Thanks, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Dave <diacobel@yahoo.com> wrote:
How can I get sax2 to use 1024x768 to configure the xserver?
Try "sax2 -l" or "sax2 -r". -l starts in low res mode, and -r starts without reading the current database. Good luck. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Dave wrote:
I am so happy with 11.1 that I decided to install it on an older Dell Latitue X200 laptop. The install went smoothly until I got to the configure hardware section. I did not do my homework as well as I should have before starting the install or I would have known this laptop uses a display resolution of 1024x768. Instead at the original startup screen for the install I opted to use the 800x600 resolution that openSUSE had choosen. Needless to say but when I try to start X at 800x600 it blows up forcing a reboot.
I am now at the point that I start up and go to init 3. From there I start sax2 but have so far been unable to get sax2 to use any resolution other that 800x600. I read the man pages for sax2 but didn't see a switch to force a specific screen resolution. I even deleted all of the xorg.conf files but sax2 still used 800x600 the next time I started it.
How can I get sax2 to use 1024x768 to configure the xserver?
Thanks,
Dave
Several thoughts: (1) post the output of the following commands run in a terminal: lspci grep Driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf We must first determine what hardware you have in the laptop and what driver you should be using. (2) once we get the right driver installed, then do (as root from init 3) sax -r -m 0=<drivername> I bet when you check the driver you currently have installed it is 'fb_dev' which is the God Awful 'frame buffer device'. If you have ATI hardware, use the "radeon" driver to start with. If you have nvidia, use the "nv" driver to start with. Then we can talk about installing the actual fglrx or nvidia driver. -- 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
I did as you suggested and also ran sax2 -p sax2 -p listed an i830 Intel chip lspci shows an Intel 82830 graphics chip the xorg.conf file is using the 'intel' driver. I am unable to get sax2 to configure the xserver with the display resolution of 1024x768@60. For some reason it is stuck using the 800x600 resolution from my original install entry. I have also tried the command: sax2 --vesa 0:1024x768@60 This should force sax2 to use 1024x768 resolution but it is not working. Perhaps someone can tell me if the syntax is correct? Thanks for the reply, Dave ----- Original Message ----
From: David C. Rankin <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com> To: Dave <diacobel@yahoo.com>; suse <opensuse@opensuse.org> Sent: Friday, February 6, 2009 1:15:42 AM Subject: Re: [opensuse] Dell laptop and openSUSE 11.1
I am so happy with 11.1 that I decided to install it on an older Dell Latitue X200 laptop. The install went smoothly until I got to the configure hardware
Dave wrote: section. I did not do my homework as well as I should have before starting the install or I would have known this laptop uses a display resolution of 1024x768. Instead at the original startup screen for the install I opted to use the 800x600 resolution that openSUSE had choosen. Needless to say but when I try to start X at 800x600 it blows up forcing a reboot.
I am now at the point that I start up and go to init 3. From there I start
sax2 but have so far been unable to get sax2 to use any resolution other that 800x600. I read the man pages for sax2 but didn't see a switch to force a specific screen resolution. I even deleted all of the xorg.conf files but sax2 still used 800x600 the next time I started it.
How can I get sax2 to use 1024x768 to configure the xserver?
Thanks,
Dave
Several thoughts:
(1) post the output of the following commands run in a terminal:
lspci grep Driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf
We must first determine what hardware you have in the laptop and what driver you should be using.
(2) once we get the right driver installed, then do (as root from init 3)
sax -r -m 0=
I bet when you check the driver you currently have installed it is 'fb_dev' which is the God Awful 'frame buffer device'. If you have ATI hardware, use the "radeon" driver to start with. If you have nvidia, use the "nv" driver to start with. Then we can talk about installing the actual fglrx or nvidia driver.
-- 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
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Dave wrote:
I did as you suggested and also ran sax2 -p
sax2 -p listed an i830 Intel chip lspci shows an Intel 82830 graphics chip the xorg.conf file is using the 'intel' driver.
I am unable to get sax2 to configure the xserver with the display resolution of 1024x768@60. For some reason it is stuck using the 800x600 resolution from my original install entry. I have also tried the command:
sax2 --vesa 0:1024x768@60
This should force sax2 to use 1024x768 resolution but it is not working. Perhaps someone can tell me if the syntax is correct?
Thanks for the reply,
Dave
I know there are some significant problems with intel and 11.1 right now. I haven't saved the posts, but I think it was Fred Miller who was having terrible trouble as well. If none of the 'sax2 -r -m 0=intel' commands seem to work, you probably better start a new thread and title it '11.1 Intel Graphic Problem on Dell Notebook' and you would probably get a lot more ideas from others. I think your thread is overlooked due to the title being "Dell laptop and openSUSE 11.1". You might try that and see if we can't get some greater minds on the intel issue involved. -- 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
David C. Rankin wrote:
Dave wrote:
I did as you suggested and also ran sax2 -p
sax2 -p listed an i830 Intel chip lspci shows an Intel 82830 graphics chip the xorg.conf file is using the 'intel' driver.
I am unable to get sax2 to configure the xserver with the display resolution of 1024x768@60. For some reason it is stuck using the 800x600 resolution from my original install entry. I have also tried the command:
sax2 --vesa 0:1024x768@60
This should force sax2 to use 1024x768 resolution but it is not working. Perhaps someone can tell me if the syntax is correct?
Thanks for the reply,
Dave
I know there are some significant problems with intel and 11.1 right now. I haven't saved the posts, but I think it was Fred Miller who was having terrible trouble as well.
If none of the 'sax2 -r -m 0=intel' commands seem to work, you probably better start a new thread and title it '11.1 Intel Graphic Problem on Dell Notebook' and you would probably get a lot more ideas from others. I think your thread is overlooked due to the title being "Dell laptop and openSUSE 11.1". You might try that and see if we can't get some greater minds on the intel issue involved.
I don't have the problems that he has, however, YES...there are problems with the 3-digit Intel video chipsets! Acceleration is better than it was, however, the audio timing is often off....way off with a lot of flash and wmv movie clips (no matter what app. is used to view them), 3d screen savers aren't as smooth as they should be, and there are strange traces of images during the login process. After the update that had a LOT of new KDE 4.2 files the other day, and on ALL boxen I've updated, there now are extra icons on the task bar, "empty" if you will...not tied to any app., an additional Application Launcher Menu icon...as many as 3 additional on 1 box, and 1 on the desktop. You can delete all these extras, but after a reboot, they're back. I can just imagine newbies having to deal with this. Fred -- Someone is a liberal when you can't reason them out of anything, because they never reason themselves into any position. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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