[opensuse] 11.3 Screen Resolution annoyance
Hi, Using OpenSuSe 11.3 with KDE as a pre production test machine. I complete a vanilla DVD install, with the optional non-oss CD included and after selecting the screen resolution of 1024 x768, before clicking on Installation. The install finishes and I login to amend the software installation. I am greeted with a horribly large resolution of 1680xsomething and can barely see the text. I figure to use Sax2 to change it yet there is no sax2. Going to the Desktop Display Settings option on the kicker does resize the screen but the task-bar shown is too long for the display, resulting in the loss of the time, updater and info widgets. Doing a Google search revealed many more such bad issues and my Google Fu did allow me to determine the file I can edit ......> (/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-monitor.conf), however on editing the file a number of different times in different locations and rebooting the system each time, now just saw me returned to the cli and not KDE. Thankfully I took a backup of the old file and have replaced the corrupt one with it. I would be really appreciative of anyone if they could either send me the file name and copy and paste the file contents so that I can try it on my system. If that doesn't work then it is lousy hardware courtesy of a lousy video card on an Intel motherboard, unless someone else has an idea? Thanks Hylton P.S: The same incorrect resizing happen on 11.2 on the same machine using Sax2 -- ======================================================================== Hylton is a Lions Club member of Fish Hoek Lions Club(District 410A) Part of the worlds largest NGO Lions Clubs Int http://www.lionsclubs.org This Lion is using openSuSE Linux since v9.0 with KDE ======================================================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 2010/12/27 123:46 (GMT+0200) Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) composed:
If that doesn't work then it is lousy hardware courtesy of a lousy video card on an Intel motherboard, unless someone else has an idea?
P.S: The same incorrect resizing happen on 11.2 on the same machine using Sax2
Intel has made many "lousy" chips, but you offered no clue which is yours, so I can offer no single solution. Output from lspci | grep VGA would be good if you want useful help, as would /var/log/Xorg.0.log. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
--- On Mon, 12/27/10, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) <hylton@conacher.co.za> wrote:
From: Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) <hylton@conacher.co.za> Subject: [opensuse] 11.3 Screen Resolution annoyance To: "OpenSUSE" <opensuse@opensuse.org> Date: Monday, December 27, 2010, 4:46 AM Hi,
Using OpenSuSe 11.3 with KDE as a pre production test machine.
I complete a vanilla DVD install, with the optional non-oss CD included and after selecting the screen resolution of 1024 x768, before clicking on Installation.
The install finishes and I login to amend the software installation.
I am greeted with a horribly large resolution of 1680xsomething and can barely see the text. I figure to use Sax2 to change it yet there is no sax2.
Going to the Desktop Display Settings option on the kicker does resize the screen but the task-bar shown is too long for the display, resulting in the loss of the time, updater and info widgets.
Doing a Google search revealed many more such bad issues and my Google Fu did allow me to determine the file I can edit ......> (/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-monitor.conf), however on editing the file a number of different times in different locations and rebooting the system each time, now just saw me returned to the cli and not KDE. Thankfully I took a backup of the old file and have replaced the corrupt one with it. I would be really appreciative of anyone if they could either send me the file name and copy and paste the file contents so that I can try it on my system.
If that doesn't work then it is lousy hardware courtesy of a lousy video card on an Intel motherboard, unless someone else has an idea?
Thanks Hylton P.S: The same incorrect resizing happen on 11.2 on the same machine using Sax2 --
yeah there is no more sax2 i think starting from 11.2 . your video driver installer should set the right resolution. i've heard of people getting it right after deleting the xorg.conf file itself. you can start krandrtray and click or right click on it on the system tray and set the right resolution for you. but that will probably be temporary and you can also mess with xrandr. any ways if it helps here is that file on my sys(i have 1680x1050). /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-monitor.conf -------------------------- Section "Monitor" Identifier "Default Monitor" ## If your monitor doesn't support DDC you may override the ## defaults here #HorizSync 28-85 #VertRefresh 50-100 ## Add your mode lines here, use e.g the cvt tool EndSection ---------------------------- i think you should try it in xorg.conf though so in case you need it here is my /etc/X11/xorg.conf : -------------------------- # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 260.19.29 (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-04.nvidia.com) Wed Dec 8 12:27:39 PST 2010 Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout0" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" EndSection Section "Files" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from data in "/etc/sysconfig/mouse" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0 VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Device0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection --------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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