[opensuse] Monitor resolution not as stated in Yast
Hello I just reinstalled OpenSuse 10.3 after Grub resulted in 99 99 99 .. or Error 21 after yesterday's update went wrong. Yast Sax2 X11 Configuration: Monitor: Card and Monitor Properties: Card: NVidia GeForce 6150 Monitor: ACR ACER AL2216W Properties: Resolution: 1680x1050 (WSXGA+) Colors: 16.7 Mio. (24 bit) (In reality this monitor like most big LCD now on the market only supports 16 bit, badly dithering to 24 bits: a marketing scam that should be met with a lucrative class action law suit, but i'm not in the USA). I am using the default open source driver, but the resolution currently in use is smaller then the one correctly recognised and stated by Yast. How can i correct this ? Kind regards Philippe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 03:57:30PM +0100, Philippe Landau wrote:
I am using the default open source driver, but the resolution currently in use is smaller then the one correctly recognised and stated by Yast. How can i correct this ?
As much as I dislike using it, I was able to fix a very similar problem (different nvidia card and monitor, same resolution) by switching to the binary nvidia driver. Have you tried that? -- Sonja Krause-Harder (skh@suse.de) SUSE Research & Development ----------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE Linux Products GmbH GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Sonja Krause-Harder wrote:
On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 03:57:30PM +0100, Philippe Landau wrote:
I am using the default open source driver, but the resolution currently in use is smaller then the one correctly recognised and stated by Yast. How can i correct this ? As much as I dislike using it, I was able to fix a very similar problem (different nvidia card and monitor, same resolution) by switching to the binary nvidia driver. Have you tried that? Yes, it works, thanks for your fast and helpful reply Sonja. But i don't like the spyware coming with non-oss drivers. I like keeping what i type to the recipients i choose.
Kind regards Philippe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
* Philippe Landau
Yes, it works, thanks for your fast and helpful reply Sonja. But i don't like the spyware coming with non-oss drivers. I like keeping what i type to the recipients i choose.
This is completgely uncalled for and without basis. You do *not* know any truth in the statement you have made and are spreading fud! At least nvidia *is* contributing the the linux effort even thou many do not care for the closed source. You might as well be back on windoz as you are acting as a M$ shill, with your fud. If you want to *bitch*, do so, but at least have facts to back up your statements. -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Philippe Landau wrote:
Sonja Krause-Harder wrote:
On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 03:57:30PM +0100, Philippe Landau wrote:
I am using the default open source driver, but the resolution currently in use is smaller then the one correctly recognised and stated by Yast. How can i correct this ?
As much as I dislike using it, I was able to fix a very similar problem (different nvidia card and monitor, same resolution) by switching to the binary nvidia driver. Have you tried that?
Yes, it works, thanks for your fast and helpful reply Sonja. But i don't like the spyware coming with non-oss drivers. I like keeping what i type to the recipients i choose.
You claim that there is spyware in the nvidia drivers? Not only would this sort of thing would be very difficult to hide in linux, it would also be a major scandal. Do you have tcpdump traces with the evidence? Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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