stretched screen

[vinay_r]

This is the remainder of the SaX.log output which didn't fit in the previous post.

	
	Section "DRI"
	    Group      "video"
	    Mode       0660
	EndSection
	
	Section "Extensions"
	  Option       "Composite" "on"
	EndSection
	
]
17-Sep 16:41:57 <X> Logging File contents: /var/log/xlog [
	
	X.Org X Server 1.5.2
	Release Date: 10 October 2008
	X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
	Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX
	Current Operating System: Linux linux-k9gh 2.6.27.29-0.1-pae #1 SMP 2009-08-15 17:53:59 +0200 i686
	Build Date: 02 July 2009  08:02:13AM
	 
	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
	Module Loader present
	Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
	(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Sep 17 16:41:55 2009
	(++) Using config file: "/tmp/sax2-3632/xorg.conf"
	(==) ServerLayout "Layout[all]"
	(**) |-->Screen "Screen[0]" (0)
	(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor[0]"
	(**) |   |-->Device "Device[0]"
	(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard[0]"
	(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse[1]"
	(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse[3]"
	(**) Option "ZapWarning" "on"
	(**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
	(**) Option "AIGLX" "on"
	(==) Automatically adding devices
	(==) Automatically enabling devices
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/local" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/PEX" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/japanese" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/uni" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/CID" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/xtest" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(==) Including the default font path /usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,/usr/share/fonts/OTF,/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled.
	(**) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/Type1,
	/usr/share/fonts/URW,
	/usr/share/fonts/Speedo,
	/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic,
	/usr/share/fonts/truetype,
	/opt/kde3/share/fonts,
	/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
	/usr/share/fonts/OTF,
	/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
	/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled
	(**) Input device list set to "/dev/gpmdata,/dev/input/mice"
	(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/updates,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
	(**) Extension "Composite" is enabled
	(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
	(II) Loader magic: 0x81f95c0
	(II) Module ABI versions:
	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
	X.Org Video Driver: 4.1
	X.Org XInput driver : 2.1
	X.Org Server Extension : 1.1
	X.Org Font Renderer : 0.6
	(II) Loader running on linux
	(++) using VT number 7
	
	(--) PCI:*(0@0:2:0) unknown vendor (0x8086) unknown chipset (0x8108) rev 7, Mem @ 0xb0080000/0, 0xc0000000/0, 0xb0000000/0, I/O @ 0x00001800/0
	(II) System resource ranges:
	[0] -1	0	0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
	[1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
	(II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
	(II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
	(II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
	(II) "freetype" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
	(II) "record" will be loaded by default.
	(II) "dri" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
	(II) LoadModule: "dri"
	
	(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//extensions/libdri.so
	(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
	(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
	(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
	
	(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//extensions/libdbe.so
	(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
	(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
	(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
	
	(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//fonts/libfreetype.so
	(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
	compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 2.1.0
	Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
	ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.6
	(II) Loading font FreeType
	(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
	
	(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//extensions/libextmod.so
	(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
	(II) Loading extension SHAPE
	(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
	(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
	(II) Loading extension SYNC
	(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
	(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
	(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
	(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
	(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
	(II) Loading extension DPMS
	(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
	(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
	(II) Loading extension XVideo
	(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
	(II) Loading extension X-Resource
	(II) LoadModule: "glx"
	
	(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//extensions/libglx.so
	(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
	(**) AIGLX enabled
	(**) Exporting typical set of GLX visuals
	(II) Loading extension GLX
	(II) LoadModule: "record"
	
	(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//extensions/librecord.so
	(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 1.13.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
	(II) Loading extension RECORD
	(II) LoadModule: "intel"
	
	(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//drivers/intel_drv.so
	(II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 2.5.0
	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1
	(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
	
	(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//input/kbd_drv.so

	(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 1.3.1
	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.1
	(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
	
	(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//input/mouse_drv.so
	(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 1.3.0
	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.1
	(II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
	
	(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//input/synaptics_drv.so
	(II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 0.15.2
	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.1
	(II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810,
	i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G,
	E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ,
	965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33,
	Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset,
	Intel Integrated Graphics Device, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41
	(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00@00:02:0
	(EE) No devices detected.
	
	Fatal server error:
	no screens found
]

All the way at the bottom, it mentions "no screens found" as the fatal server error. So unfortunately I didn't get to the step of changing the configuration, but I hope this gives you a hint of how to proceed.

Thank you,
Vinay

[deano_ferrari]

All the way at the bottom, it mentions "no screens found" as the fatal server error. So unfortunately I didn't get to the step of changing the configuration, but I hope this gives you a hint of how to proceed.

From other users experiences, Xorg configuration with sax2 and the intel driver seems to be problematic. If you can, try a manual edit of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file (as root of course).

Based on that 'intel' xorg.conf file you posted, it included a modeline for "1366x768" in the modes section:

Section "Monitor"
Option "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool"
DisplaySize 270 152
HorizSync 46-49
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "1366X768@60HZ"
Option "DPMS"
Option "PreferredMode" "1366x768"
VendorName "--> LCD"
VertRefresh 59-61
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
Modeline "1366x768" 85.86 1368 1440 1584 1800 768 769 772 795
EndSection

You may need to force Xorg to use the included modeline(s) by disabling any automatic detection via EDID with

Option "IgnoreEDID" "on"
Option "NoDDC" "on"

See how that goes.

[vinay_r]

Hi again,

thanks for the hint. I was a bit afraid to mess with xorg.conf as it said I shouldn't edit it, in capitals to make sure they got my attention.

Anyway, it didn't work unfortunately. The section in xorg.conf now looks like:

Section "Monitor"
Option "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool"
DisplaySize 270 152
HorizSync 46-49
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "1366X768@60HZ"
Option "DPMS"
Option "PreferredMode" "1366x768"
Option "IgnoreEDID" "on"
Option "NoDDC" "on" 
VendorName "--> LCD"
VertRefresh 59-61
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection

but it didn't do anything to the screen. Did I put those lines in the wrong spot?

Thanks again,
Vinay

[vinay_r]

Hi there,

this morning I did follow Deano's instructions, but didn't try to perform Knurpht's instructions (from post #9) after that. I just did now and they actually did work. That is, sax2 did run but it was no different from when I just start sax2 from the graphical environment (Windowmaker in my case). The screen is still stretched as it was from the beginning. Also it keeps going back to some AUO screen, even though I set it back to the LCD with the proper ratio every time and set the ratio to 16:9 in the next tab.

Anyone still got a clue?

Cheers,
Vinay

[deano_ferrari]

this morning I did follow Deano's instructions, but didn't try to perform Knurpht's instructions (from post #9) after that. I just did now and they actually did work.

Once you make custom edits to xorg.conf, it is not advisable to run sax2 at all -it may simply delete or alter your edits.

These two options

Option "IgnoreEDID" "on"
Option "NoDDC" "on"

normally go in the device section (but I'm not sure if it matters).

The screen is still stretched as it was from the beginning. Also it keeps going back to some AUO screen, even though I set it back to the LCD with the proper ratio every time and set the ratio to 16:9 in the next tab.

I'm a bit confused about this bit. Is this occurring when you try to configure monitor via sax2?

Are you able to get a desktop at the desired 1366x768 resolution? Can you post your entire current xorg.conf? You may wish to upload it to pastebin and just include the link to it in your post.

[obernardo]

Hm, I just came here to say that I do not know how to solve your problem :/
Basically this is a problem related to the fact that the driver for the graphics chipset in our aspire ones (I have a 751h) is all messed up and only works in Ubuntu (apparently because Dell was committed to making it work). As I prefer openSuse to (X/K)Ubuntu, I decided to stick to this favorite in spite of the stretchy screen.

Here are some links related to the issue:
https://features.opensuse.org/306413
AdamW on Linux and more » Blog Archive » Poulsbo update

I have tried to build the .src.rpm files pointed to by the text in this second link, but the whole process did not work because some fc11 packages were necessary. However, as suggested by the comments by toalex77, someone was able to make it work in the beginning of this month.

I am also interested in getting a working package, but not so devoted into actually making it work, so I would appreciate if some drivers could pop up into my package list Maybe you want to vote up for the feature I pointed to above.

Cheers

[deano_ferrari]

Hi obernardo. Have you tried testing your hardware with openSUSE 11.2 M7 or simlilar? Might be worth a go, as it uses later Xorg release. Disappointing if its still a mess...

[vinay_r]

Hi,

sorry for my late response. I left the computer alone for a while, focus a bit on different stuff. Anyway, I put the two lines suggested by Deano in the "Device" section and didn't run SaX afterwards.

/etc/X11/xorg.conf looks like this now:

# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2009-09-18T14:56:04+0200.
#
# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#

Section "Files"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/local"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/URW"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/xtest"
  FontPath     "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
  InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
  InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
  Option       "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
  Option       "ZapWarning" "on"
EndSection

Section "Module"
  Load         "dri"
  Load         "dbe"
  Load         "freetype"
  Load         "extmod"
  Load         "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "kbd"
  Identifier   "Keyboard[0]"
  Option       "Protocol" "Standard"
  Option       "XkbLayout" "us"
  Option       "XkbModel" "microsoftpro"
  Option       "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "synaptics"
  Identifier   "Mouse[1]"
  Option       "Buttons" "5"
  Option       "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
  Option       "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
  Option       "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
  Option       "InputFashion" "Mouse"
  Option       "Name" "Synaptics;Touchpad"
  Option       "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
  Option       "SHMConfig" "on"
  Option       "Vendor" "Sysp"
  Option       "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "mouse"
  Identifier   "Mouse[3]"
  Option       "Buttons" "5"
  Option       "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
  Option       "Name" "ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse"
  Option       "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
  Option       "Vendor" "Sysp"
  Option       "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
  Option       "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool"
  DisplaySize  270 152
  HorizSync    46-49
  Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
  ModelName    "1366X768@60HZ"
  Option       "DPMS"
  Option       "PreferredMode" "1366x768"
  VendorName   "--> LCD"
  VertRefresh  59-61
  UseModes     "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Modes"
  Identifier   "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      15
    Modes      "default" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      16
    Modes      "default" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      24
    Modes      "default" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      8
    Modes      "default" 
  EndSubSection
  Device       "Device[0]"
  Identifier   "Screen[0]"
  Monitor      "Monitor[0]"
EndSection


Section "Device"
  BoardName    "Framebuffer Graphics"
  Driver       "fbdev"
  Identifier   "Device[0]"
  VendorName   "VESA"
  Option 	"IgnoreEDID" "on"
  Option	"NoDDC" "on"
EndSection



Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier   "Layout[all]"
  InputDevice  "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
  InputDevice  "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
  InputDevice  "Mouse[3]" "SendCoreEvents"
  Option       "Clone" "off"
  Option       "Xinerama" "off"
  Screen       "Screen[0]"
EndSection


Section "DRI"
    Group      "video"
    Mode       0660
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
EndSection

A bit disappointing to find out that is bound to fail as Obernardo implies. And still, the author of the instructions on the SuSE site does it on exactly the same Acer 751h with exactly the same SuSE 11.1. Should be possible to get it to work, right?

Cheers,
Vinay

[deano_ferrari]

Hi vinay_r. Although you added these options

Option "IgnoreEDID" "on"
Option "NoDDC" "on"

you don't appear to have

1)any modelines included (in modes section)
2)your graphics driver (in device section) is shown as 'Driver "fbdev"'

so I wouldn't expect that to work properly. The first 2 options are included to explicitly use manual modelines where included.

[vinay_r]

Hi Deano,

to be honest configuring the system like this is still a bit like magic to me. Do you have any suggestions for modelines and what I should set as graphics driver? As for the latter, that would probably be the one Obernando is looking for as well.

Thank you,
Vinay