[opensuse] video monitor aspect ratio samsung 226bw 22inch wide
hi folks, I am testing a 22 inch Samsung 226BW wide monitor and would like some assistance with the aspect ratio in openSUSE 10.0. The monitor is configured as 1680x1050, 16.7m colors, and for the most part looks great.. particularly color graphics. The monitor has two down sides: 1) fonts are a bit fuzzy out of box... took some tweaking on the fine controls to sharpen the fonts without "overdrive" and then the fonts are still not as crisp and clear as the 713V-- but they are liveable, for $329. 2) the display is oh so very slightly stretched lengthwise. Circles are just ever so slightly oblong and photos are ever so slightly squashed top to bottom. Is there a way in software config to sharpen the fonts? Is there a way in software config to tune up the aspect ratio ever so slightly? Ps The monitor is correctly configured as aspect 16/10 with dimensions of 474mm X 296mm. Thanks... Pss For those of you who know about the "A" vs "S" panel differences, this is an "A" panel... apparently made by AOC instead of Samsung "S". This panel does not have any of the negative published side-affects of the normal "A" panel (this one was built in late March) but its fonts just aren't quite sharp enough... buyer beware... fortunately Bestbuy is going to let me swap this one out for the "S" monitor... the bad news is that you can't tell which monitor it is without opening the carton and looking at the rear panel. -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
<Snipped from an earlier post:> Rick, Yes, I got it fixed and it was a lot easier than I thought. You just have to *slow* down and follow the steps one at a time. Basically, what you need to do is compile X, mesa and drm from the tarballs and that will leave you with a fresh X window install in /tmp/modular if you follow the following instructions. You don't have to worry about screwing up your system because the new X window install is totally independent of your present working X setup. (1) First *read* http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org/install.html (2) Make sure you have a current version of 'git' installed. Download and install: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-core-0.99.9i.tar.bz2 and http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.5.1.2.tar.bz2 and read http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/ (3) Go to: http://intellinuxgraphics.org/download.html and download the tarballs (4) Read and *follow* very *closely*: http://wiki.x.org/wiki/ModularDevelopersGuide That means *step-by-step* (5) Read and *follow* very *closely*: http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Building Same cautionary statement (6) Generate a new modeline using the Linux command line 'gtf' for your 1680x1050 display to put in /etc/X11/xorg.conf: (presuming your lcd runs at 60 MHz) david@providence:~> 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 *Remember* your modeline name ( "1680x1050_60.00") must match your "ModelName" in the "Monitor" section of xorg.conf (7) Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to install the new modeline in "Modes" section along with the "intel" and dri changes discussed in the links above. The modeline will be: Section "Modes" Identifier "Modes[0]" Modeline "1680x1050_60.00" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 -HSync +Vsync EndSection The DRI section will be: Section "DRI" Group "video" Mode 0660 EndSection The *primary* thing to remember is to *slow* down and follow the information in the links *step-by-step*. The folks at Xorg have done a fantastic job packaging X, mesa and drm with *all* the instructions needed to build and install a new X setup that will give you a gorgeous 1680x1050 display. Just follow the directions and all will be well in you world. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax www.rankinlawfirm.com -- ----- Original Message ----- From: "M Harris" <harrismh777@earthlink.net> To: <opensuse@opensuse.org> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 11:32 PM Subject: [opensuse] video monitor aspect ratio samsung 226bw 22inch wide
hi folks, I am testing a 22 inch Samsung 226BW wide monitor and would like some assistance with the aspect ratio in openSUSE 10.0.
The monitor is configured as 1680x1050, 16.7m colors, and for the most part looks great.. particularly color graphics. The monitor has two down sides: 1) fonts are a bit fuzzy out of box... took some tweaking on the fine controls to sharpen the fonts without "overdrive" and then the fonts are still not as crisp and clear as the 713V-- but they are liveable, for $329. 2) the display is oh so very slightly stretched lengthwise. Circles are just ever so slightly oblong and photos are ever so slightly squashed top to bottom.
Is there a way in software config to sharpen the fonts? Is there a way in software config to tune up the aspect ratio ever so slightly?
Ps The monitor is correctly configured as aspect 16/10 with dimensions of 474mm X 296mm.
Thanks...
Pss For those of you who know about the "A" vs "S" panel differences, this is an "A" panel... apparently made by AOC instead of Samsung "S". This panel does not have any of the negative published side-affects of the normal "A" panel (this one was built in late March) but its fonts just aren't quite sharp enough... buyer beware... fortunately Bestbuy is going to let me swap this one out for the "S" monitor... the bad news is that you can't tell which monitor it is without opening the carton and looking at the rear panel.
-- Kind regards,
M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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On Sunday 29 April 2007 23:59, david rankin wrote:
You just have to *slow* down and follow the steps one at a time. very funny. :))
... installing X from tarballs will probably be the very last thing I will try here... especially when I'm just experimenting with this display anyway. However, I'm not apposed to it... just for fun. I will certainly read all the links for education sake. I am still trying to catch up on xorg, frankly. About the time I thought I understood the XFree86 way of doing things Xorg came along and confused me again. For instance, my setup (sax configured) has no mode lines at all. Well, it says Modes[0] without modelines. (?) Seems that I would only need to add a correct modeline to the config (why recompile?). Thanks -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 30 April 2007 00:49, M Harris wrote:
Seems that I would only need to add a correct modeline to the config (why recompile?). Well, not only why recompile, but why does sax2 not configure it automatically... goes back to my post of last week?
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On Monday 30 April 2007 00:53, M Harris wrote:
Well, not only why recompile, but why does sax2 not configure it automatically... goes back to my post of last week? Here is my SaX.log... sax thinks its a 1024x768 display(?) and it generates a mode line that's very goofy... this seems to go back to a discussion we were having last week about the tools not correctly identifying the larger displays...
/************* SaX2 log : SaX2 version 7.1 - SVN Release: 1.49 2003/03/17 ************** SVN BUILD : 26443 : DESCRIPTION : X11 configuration log file to collect information : about detection, startup and configuration. : There are three parts of logging: : --- : 1) INIT ( detection, 3D ) : 2) STARTUP ( xorg.conf, X11 log, glxinfo ) : 3) CONFIG ( config actions ) : --- : VERSION : SaX2 compiled for: [SUSE LINUX 10.0 (i586)] PARAMETER : no parameter(s) given : LOG DATE : Sun Apr 29 23:28:17 CDT 2007 *************/ ============================ Framebuffer Info: ---------------------------- mode "1024x768-76" # D: 78.653 MHz, H: 59.949 kHz, V: 75.694 Hz geometry 1024 768 1024 768 16 timings 12714 128 32 16 4 128 4 rgba 5/11,6/5,5/0,0/0 endmode Frame buffer device information: Name : VESA VGA Address : 0xd0000000 Size : 6291456 Type : PACKED PIXELS Visual : TRUECOLOR XPanStep : 0 YPanStep : 0 YWrapStep : 0 LineLength : 2048 Accelerator : No 29-Apr 23:28:17 <X> Startup... 29-Apr 23:28:17 <X> [ Startup on already running Server: :0.0 -> grant ] 29-Apr 23:28:18 <I> Imported: Card 29-Apr 23:28:18 <I> Imported: Desktop 29-Apr 23:28:18 <I> Imported: Pointers 29-Apr 23:28:19 <I> Imported: Keyboard 29-Apr 23:28:19 <I> Imported: Layout 29-Apr 23:28:19 <I> Imported: Path 29-Apr 23:28:19 <I> Imported: Extensions -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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