Hello all. NOOB here. I just installed Suse 10.0 on a Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop with a GeForece2Go video card in it. Everything installed fine but my desktop only takes up an area of about 6 inches by 6 inches on my monitor. I went into the System config and tried to change display size in the X server but when I click on the "size" buttons nothing happens. What am I missing. If you need more info please tell me. ----- iConan Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
On Sun January 29 2006 2:23 pm, Conaire Mullins wrote:
Hello all. NOOB here. I just installed Suse 10.0 on a Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop with a GeForece2Go video card in it. Everything installed fine but my desktop only takes up an area of about 6 inches by 6 inches on my monitor. I went into the System config and tried to change display size in the X server but when I click on the "size" buttons nothing happens. What am I missing. If you need more info please tell me.
try gettin getting of X. Do an init 3, then running sax2. sax2 will setup your monitor and video card. every time I do a kernel update I have to do that for my invidia card. so, either pull up a kinsole window, or run ALT-F1 and get to a text window. #> init 3 #> sax2 I would reboot, others say you can just run startx.. -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800
On Sunday 29 January 2006 21:23, Conaire Mullins wrote:
Hello all. NOOB here. I just installed Suse 10.0 on a Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop with a GeForece2Go video card in it. Everything installed fine but my desktop only takes up an area of about 6 inches by 6 inches on my monitor. I went into the System config and tried to change display size in the X server but when I click on the "size" buttons nothing happens. What am I missing. If you need more info please tell me.
You have to set up the resolution in YaST2/Hardware/Graphics. That is: set a resolution for X-Window that is the same as the actual physical resolution of your LCD screen. The "size" refers to the dimension of the screen (in milimetres). It is not related to the resolution (number of pixels). You can set up whatever size you want, you'll still get the 6"x6". Before setting the resolution, see the Monitors section. SUSE didn't know about your monitor, so it defaulted to a low-res generic model. That's why you're seeing the small image. Choose LCD-your-actual-res. `
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Conaire Mullins
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Paul Cartwright
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