640X480 Screen

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I have a problem with my screen resolution.
I can get nothing higher than 640X480.
I have had Opensuse 11.4 installed for a while now (from a fresh install) and it has been working without any problems. But tonight, all I can get is a max resolution of 640X480.
I have tried rebooting… no change. The splash screen when booting is normal, but the login screen and after is low rez.
teh output of xrandr is


xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 175, current 640 x 480, maximum 640 x 480
default connected 640x480+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   640x480        50.0*    51.0     52.0     53.0     54.0     55.0  
   640x400        56.0  
   640x350        57.0  
   576x432        58.0  
   512x384        59.0     60.0     61.0     62.0     63.0  
   416x312        64.0  
   400x300        65.0     66.0     67.0     68.0     69.0  
   360x200        70.0  
   320x240        71.0     72.0     73.0     74.0  
   320x200        75.0  
   320x175        76.0

I have tried

 cvt 1680 1050

in the terminal,
but that didn’t do anything
I also copy/pasted the output of cvt 1680 1050 into the “50-monitor.conf” file.

What am I doing wrong here? I did install a few updates between working and not working. They were the “bootsplash, openvpn and yast2-control-center” updates.

My system is OpenSuse 11.4_64
KDE 4.6.0 release 6
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS
NVIDIA 260.19.44 driver.

I have looked at the nvidia x server settings. It also has the highest resolution as 640x480.

Anyone got any ideas?
Thanks

2

OpenSuse 11.4 or CloseSuse 11.4? Simply not working with my monitor. I am writing this comment using Xubuntu, a smarter mice, not doubt about it.

Why releasing a new version of Opensuse without even testing it?

No more comments…

3

Is there a way to roll back the last lot of updates to see if they are the problem?

4

The update history is at the end of this file

/var/log/zypp/history

5

I’m at work, so I can’t check my computer at the moment. Will I be able to reinstall the older versions of the files that were updated?
Will this have to be done manually or is there a way to automatically reinstall the previous versions?

I’m using the digital input on the monitor, would it be worth trying the VGA?
Thanks

6

You can usually install the older version. But I suspect this is not the problem. By all means get the list of packages that you think are involved, everything there is dated, so the last changes are right at the end of the file.

The graphics card you have should not even need any config files, I never do anything but install the driver like this
nVidia Driver via Repo in 11.3 & 11.4 - Guide

I’d be interested to know if the boot options at the grub boot menu has changed?

7

What should the boot option be?
I have had it boot into text mode by typing 3 (I think) when grub boots. Is there an option for a higher resolution?

8

No you are reading me wrong. I was suspecting that a new kernel had been dragged in with some of your updates/package installs. I have seen before where a new install starts life from kernel-desktop, the user starts installing all and sundry and a new kernel like kernel-default is added and takes priority. Only trouble is, the graphics driver is installed to kernel-desktop. (Are you following)

So what I mean is, are there more boot options in the menu, not have the kernel arguments changed.

The vga entry in my kernel arguments is: vga=0x31a, I have nomodeset added as well of course

9

Ahh, O.k. Would reinstalling the graphics driver again help?
(I’m trying to follow) :slight_smile:

I’m just about to go home, I’ll have a look at the boot menu. I don’t think there are any new entries.
I’ll post back soon.

10

If there are no new entries then I would look at the install history, it may tell you something.
But if you have added any xorg config files I would remove them
Check the /boot/grub/menu.lst has not been modified from your original working file
Check your settings against my guide quoted in post #6

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Have a look at the messages in /var/log/Xorg.0.log for any clues about what might be occurring.

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2011-02-21 10:34:10 +0100 x86_64
    23.197] Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HD204UI_S2K4J1AZ905142-part6 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HD204UI_S2K4J1AZ905142-part5 splash=silent quiet vga=0x31a
    23.197] Build Date: 22 February 2011  10:08:09PM
    23.197]  
    23.197] Current version of pixman: 0.20.0
    23.197] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
    23.197] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
    23.197] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Mar 30 16:58:45 2011
    23.210] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
    23.210] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
    23.210] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
    23.210] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Default Monitor"
    23.211] (**) |   |-->Device "Default Device"
    23.211] (==) Automatically adding devices
    23.211] (==) Automatically enabling devices
    23.211] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" does not exist.
    23.211] 	Entry deleted from font path.
    23.211] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
    23.211] 	Entry deleted from font path.
    23.211] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi" does not exist.
    23.211] 	Entry deleted from font path.
    23.211] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
	/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/URW/,
	/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/truetype/
    23.211] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/updates,/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
    23.211] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
    23.211] (II) Loader magic: 0x7dc040
    23.211] (II) Module ABI versions:
    23.211] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
    23.211] 	X.Org Video Driver: 8.0
    23.211] 	X.Org XInput driver : 11.0
    23.211] 	X.Org Server Extension : 4.0
    23.213] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:0400:1462:0892 rev 161, Mem @ 0xe2000000/16777216, 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xe0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00009000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
    23.216] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
    23.216] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
    23.224] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
    23.224] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    23.224] 	compiled for 1.9.3, module version = 1.0.0
    23.224] 	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    23.224] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
    23.224] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
    23.224] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
    23.224] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
    23.224] (II) Loading extension DPMS
    23.224] (II) Loading extension XVideo
    23.224] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
    23.224] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
    23.224] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
    23.227] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
    23.227] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    23.227] 	compiled for 1.9.3, module version = 1.0.0
    23.227] 	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    23.227] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
    23.227] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
    23.227] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
    23.227] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/updates/extensions/libglx.so
    23.245] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
    23.245] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
    23.246] 	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    23.246] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  260.19.44  Sun Feb 27 22:56:46 PST 2011
    23.246] (II) Loading extension GLX
    23.246] (II) LoadModule: "record"
    23.248] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
    23.248] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    23.249] 	compiled for 1.9.3, module version = 1.13.0
    23.249] 	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    23.249] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
    23.249] (II) Loading extension RECORD
    23.249] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
    23.251] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
    23.252] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    23.252] 	compiled for 1.9.3, module version = 1.0.0
    23.252] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
    23.252] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
    23.252] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
    23.254] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
    23.254] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    23.254] 	compiled for 1.9.3, module version = 1.2.0
    23.254] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
    23.254] (II) Loading extension DRI2
    23.255] (==) Matched nvidia as autoconfigured driver 0
    23.255] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 1
    23.255] (==) Matched nv as autoconfigured driver 2
    23.255] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 3
    23.255] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 4
    23.255] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
    23.255] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
    23.255] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/updates/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
    23.311] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
    23.311] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
    23.311] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
    24.488] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
    24.490] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
    25.122] (II) Module nouveau: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    25.122] 	compiled for 1.9.3, module version = 0.0.16
    25.122] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
    25.122] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0
    25.122] (II) LoadModule: "nv"
    25.124] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so
    25.270] (II) Module nv: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    25.270] 	compiled for 1.9.3, module version = 2.1.18
    25.270] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
    25.270] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0
    25.270] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
    25.272] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
    25.272] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    25.272] 	compiled for 1.9.3, module version = 0.4.2
    25.272] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0
    25.272] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
    25.273] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
    25.273] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    25.273] 	compiled for 1.9.3, module version = 2.3.0
    25.273] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
    25.273] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0
    25.273] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  260.19.44  Sun Feb 27 22:42:21 PST 2011
    25.273] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
    25.273] (II) NOUVEAU driver 
    25.273] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
    25.273] 	RIVA TNT    (NV04)
    25.273] 	RIVA TNT2   (NV05)
    25.273] 	GeForce 256 (NV10)
    25.273] 	GeForce 2   (NV11, NV15)
    25.273] 	GeForce 4MX (NV17, NV18)
    25.273] 	GeForce 3   (NV20)
    25.273] 	GeForce 4Ti (NV25, NV28)
    25.273] 	GeForce FX  (NV3x)
    25.273] 	GeForce 6   (NV4x)
    25.273] 	GeForce 7   (G7x)
    25.273] 	GeForce 8   (G8x)
    25.273] (II) NV: driver for NVIDIA chipsets:

........ I have removed the card models because the post was tool long with them................... 
	
    25.279] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
    25.279] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
    25.279] (++) using VT number 7

    25.363] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
    25.363] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
    25.363] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfb.so
    25.364] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    25.364] 	compiled for 1.9.3, module version = 1.0.0
    25.364] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
    25.364] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
    25.364] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
    25.367] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
    26.052] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    26.052] 	compiled for 1.9.3, module version = 1.0.0
    26.052] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
    26.052] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
    26.052] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
    26.052] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
    26.052] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
    26.052] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
    26.052] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
    26.055] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
    26.055] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    26.055] 	compiled for 1.9.3, module version = 0.0.2
    26.055] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0
    26.055] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
    26.055] (II) NVIDIA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
	"Default Screen" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
    26.055] (==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
    26.055] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
    26.055] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
    26.055] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
    26.055] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
    26.055] (II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
    26.055] (II) NVIDIA(0):     enabled.
    27.207] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): The EDID read for display device DFP-0 is invalid: the
    27.208] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0):     checksum for EDID version 1 is invalid.
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Raw EDID bytes:
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):   00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00  0d af 28 22 01 01 01 01
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):   91 11 01 03 e8 2f 1e 78  2e c5 85 a4 59 49 9a 24
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):   12 50 54 bf ef 00 81 80  81 40 71 4f 95 00 95 0f
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):   b3 00 81 c0 8b c0 21 39  90 30 62 1a 27 40 68 b0
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):   36 00 d9 28 11 00 00 1c  00 00 00 fd 00 38 4c 1e
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):   52 10 00 0a 20 20 20 20  20 20 00 00 00 fc 00 43
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):   4d 43 20 32 32 20 57 0a  20 20 20 20 00 00 00 ff
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):   00 30 0a 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 20 20 20 20 00 1f
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
    27.212] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 8600 GTS (G84) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
    27.212] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes
    27.212] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 60.84.32.00.00
    27.212] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 4X
    27.212] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
    27.212] (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 8600 GTS at PCI:1:0:0
    27.212] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-0
    27.212] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
    27.212] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: Internal Dual Link TMDS
    27.321] (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0
    27.321] (==) NVIDIA(0): 
    27.321] (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select"
    27.321] (==) NVIDIA(0):     will be used as the requested mode.
    27.321] (==) NVIDIA(0): 
    27.321] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
    27.321] (II) NVIDIA(0):     "nvidia-auto-select"
    27.321] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 640 x 480
    27.349] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to get display device DFP-0's EDID; cannot compute DPI
    27.349] (WW) NVIDIA(0):     from DFP-0's EDID.
    27.349] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
    27.349] (==) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
    27.349] (II) UnloadModule: "nouveau"
    27.349] (II) Unloading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
    27.349] (II) UnloadModule: "nv"
    27.349] (II) Unloading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so
    27.349] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
    27.349] (II) Unloading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
    27.349] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdevhw"
    27.349] (II) Unloading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
    27.349] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
    27.349] (II) Unloading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
    27.349] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
    27.349] (II) NVIDIA: Using 768.00 MB of virtual memory for indirect memory access.
    27.352] (II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART.
    27.366] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select"
    27.426] (II) NVIDIA(0): Built-in logo is bigger than the screen.
    27.426] (II) Loading extension NV-GLX
    27.463] (II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized OpenGL Acceleration
    27.476] (==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
    27.476] (II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized X Rendering Acceleration
    27.476] (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
    27.476] (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
    27.487] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
    27.487] (II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
    27.487] (II) Loading extension XINERAMA
    27.487] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
    27.487] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
    27.490] (II) Reloading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
    27.490] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
    27.490] (==) RandR enabled
    27.490] (II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
    27.490] (II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
    27.490] (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
    27.490] (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
    27.490] (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
    27.490] (II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
    27.490] (II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
    27.490] (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
    27.490] (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
    27.490] (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
    27.490] (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
    27.490] (II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
    27.490] (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
    27.490] (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
    27.490] (II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
    27.490] (II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
    27.494] (II) Initializing extension GLX
    27.554] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled

I am about to start caf4926’s guide.
Just for kicks when grub loaded I changed the vga mode to 0x317 (same as my laptop) and it booted with a screen res of 1024x768. Is there a clue in this?

This might be a silly question, but how do I check to see if /boot/grub/menu.lst has been modified from the original file?

13

I changed the vga mode to 0x317 in Safe Mode to get the 1024x768 res. It is also using the fbdev 2d driver.
Changing the vga mode in normal mode makes no difference. Sorry, my mistake.

14

I have rebooted after following caf4926’s guide, unfortunately nothing has changed.
I find it a bit odd that all had been working until last night.
The splash screen is fine up until the login, and is fine again on shut down.
Is there anyway to get the computer to redo the video setting. When I have had problems with plasma in the past, I just delete the plas* config. files and reboot. I’m just wondering if I can do a similar thing here.

15

This sort of thing doesn’t just randomly happen. It never does with me.
You should revert back by removing any config files you have setup, if this is the case.
A new install and with the nvidia driver added as I guide above, does not produce any config files.

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The only file that I have knowingly modified (xorg.conf.d) has been put back to original. Still the same…
I’m stumped now…

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The only file I knowingly modified was xorg.conf.d, but it’s back to normal now.
Here is the output of /var/log/zypp/

 2011-03-29 06:48:43|radd   |mobile:synchronization:FACTORY|http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mobile:/synchronization:/FACTORY/openSUSE_11.4/
2011-03-29 06:49:00|install|python-httplib2|0.6.0-4.1|noarch||repo-oss|53fa73ec2516e1995e9e6184da0f4f26b553f9c9
2011-03-29 06:49:01|install|libopensync|0.22-164.2|x86_64||mobile:synchronization:FACTORY|aa30de8196cdd0cd3b930891c16937ceab9d899c12ef1d81b86594ae7b5146c0
2011-03-29 06:49:02|install|libopensync-plugin-google-calendar|0.22-308.1|x86_64|11358:y2base|mobile:synchronization:FACTORY|5c21948a2259f271f2b3f24be9ae470e7773e41f2d0bba7b0939e02ba7bb81e8
2011-03-29 06:49:03|rremove|mobile:synchronization:FACTORY
# 2011-03-29 06:53:51 bootsplash-3.3-167.168.1.x86_64.rpm installed ok
# Additional rpm output:
# Updating /etc/sysconfig/bootsplash...
# Scanning scripts ...
# Resolve dependencies ...
# Install symlinks in /lib/mkinitrd/setup ...
# Install symlinks in /lib/mkinitrd/boot ...
# Scanning scripts ...
# Resolve dependencies ...
# Install symlinks in /lib/mkinitrd/setup ...
# Install symlinks in /lib/mkinitrd/boot ...
# 
2011-03-29 06:53:51|install|bootsplash|3.3-167.168.1|x86_64|root@linux-Holly|Updates-for-openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0|0af1817e2d2c8dffc6c303850098c17878598f44
2011-03-29 06:53:53|install|openvpn|2.1.4-11.16.1|x86_64|root@linux-Holly|Updates-for-openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0|ba0c1009aaf3ff704041dab7deeada7d63a50a2d
2011-03-29 06:53:53|install|yast2-control-center|2.20.2-1.3.1|x86_64|root@linux-Holly|Updates-for-openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0|a724c88d2405f59e124abfe19fbe712b952f0fdf
# 2011-03-29 06:54:17 bootsplash-branding-openSUSE-3.1-64.66.1.noarch.rpm installed ok
# Additional rpm output:
# Updating /etc/sysconfig/bootsplash...
# 
# Kernel image:   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop
# Initrd image:   /boot/initrd-2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop
# Root device:	/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HD204UI_S2K4J1AZ905142-part6 (/dev/sda6) (mounted on / as ext4)
# Resume device:	/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HD204UI_S2K4J1AZ905142-part5 (/dev/sda5)
# Kernel Modules:	thermal_sys thermal ata_generic processor fan crc16 jbd2 ext4 
# Features:       block usb resume.userspace resume.kernel
# Bootsplash:	openSUSE (1280x1024)
# 47733 blocks
# 
2011-03-29 06:54:17|install|bootsplash-branding-openSUSE|3.1-64.66.1|noarch|root@linux-Holly|Updates-for-openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0|0b5eb9d851b2ba1ab3f7a1a778aba58ccf503d5b
2011-03-29 06:54:17|install|yast2-control-center-qt|2.20.2-1.3.1|x86_64|root@linux-Holly|Updates-for-openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0|05004d95ac707812b791df588e54c2baea26e1e8
2011-03-30 16:56:54|install|xorg-x11-driver-video-nouveau|0.0.16_20110115_b795ca6-3.1|x86_64|root@linux-Holly|repo-oss|815d93a8cfeead93aa0d639f632dd49b17f91486
# 2011-03-30 16:57:04 x11-video-nvidiaG02-260.19.44-24.1.x86_64.rpm installed ok
# Additional rpm output:
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Switching the use of "nv" driver of X.Org to "nvidia" driver of NVIDIA
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 
# head: cannot open `/etc/X11/xorg.conf' for reading: No such file or directory
# SaX2 generated xorg.conf not available!
# grep: etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory
# Warning! MD5DIR is not set: you probably called this script outside SuSEconfig...!
# Using MD5DIR="/var/adm/SuSEconfig/md5"...
# No changes for /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers
# No changes for /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config
# 
2011-03-30 16:57:04|install|x11-video-nvidiaG02|260.19.44-24.1|x86_64|root@linux-Holly|download.nvidia.com-opensuse|fd989be4a491a608450b3018d577d5cf73b7662d
2011-03-30 16:57:19|install|nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop|260.19.44_k2.6.37.1_1.2-23.1|x86_64|root@linux-Holly|download.nvidia.com-opensuse|67d658e621a567fb07966a0562d4ce0031d853c4
2011-03-30 19:11:59|install|xorg-x11-driver-video-nouveau|0.0.16_20110115_b795ca6-3.1|x86_64|root@linux-Holly|repo-oss|815d93a8cfeead93aa0d639f632dd49b17f91486
# 2011-03-30 19:12:10 x11-video-nvidiaG02-260.19.44-24.1.x86_64.rpm installed ok
# Additional rpm output:
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Switching the use of "nv" driver of X.Org to "nvidia" driver of NVIDIA
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 
# head: cannot open `/etc/X11/xorg.conf' for reading: No such file or directory
# SaX2 generated xorg.conf not available!
# grep: etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory
# Warning! MD5DIR is not set: you probably called this script outside SuSEconfig...!
# Using MD5DIR="/var/adm/SuSEconfig/md5"...
# No changes for /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers
# No changes for /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config
# 
2011-03-30 19:12:10|install|x11-video-nvidiaG02|260.19.44-24.1|x86_64|root@linux-Holly|download.nvidia.com-opensuse|fd989be4a491a608450b3018d577d5cf73b7662d
2011-03-30 19:12:28|install|nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop|260.19.44_k2.6.37.1_1.2-23.1|x86_64|root@linux-Holly|download.nvidia.com-opensuse|67d658e621a567fb07966a0562d4ce0031d853c4
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Please post result of

zypper lr -d

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I’m on another computer at the moment. I’ve had a late night stuff-up. When I get mine up and running, I’ll be back. Thanks so much for the help so far.

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Your Xorg.0.log output shows that the nvidia driver is having a problem with the display’s EDID:

    27.207] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): The EDID read for display device DFP-0 is invalid: the
    27.208] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0):     checksum for EDID version 1 is invalid.
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Raw EDID bytes:
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):   00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00  0d af 28 22 01 01 01 01
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):   91 11 01 03 e8 2f 1e 78  2e c5 85 a4 59 49 9a 24
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):   12 50 54 bf ef 00 81 80  81 40 71 4f 95 00 95 0f
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):   b3 00 81 c0 8b c0 21 39  90 30 62 1a 27 40 68 b0
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):   36 00 d9 28 11 00 00 1c  00 00 00 fd 00 38 4c 1e
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):   52 10 00 0a 20 20 20 20  20 20 00 00 00 fc 00 43
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):   4d 43 20 32 32 20 57 0a  20 20 20 20 00 00 00 ff
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):   00 30 0a 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 20 20 20 20 00 1f
    27.208] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
    27.212] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 8600 GTS (G84) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
    27.212] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes
    27.212] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 60.84.32.00.00
    27.212] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 4X
    27.212] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
    27.212] (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 8600 GTS at PCI:1:0:0
    27.212] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-0
    27.212] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
    27.212] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: Internal Dual Link TMDS
    27.321] (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0
    27.321] (==) NVIDIA(0): 
    27.321] (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select"
    27.321] (==) NVIDIA(0):     will be used as the requested mode.
    27.321] (==) NVIDIA(0): 
    27.321] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
    27.321] (II) NVIDIA(0):     "nvidia-auto-select"
    27.321] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 640 x 480
    27.349] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to get display device DFP-0's EDID; cannot compute DPI
    27.349] (WW) NVIDIA(0):     from DFP-0's EDID.
    27.349] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default

There are other old threads here (if you search), that discuss workarounds for this type of problem, when using the nvidia driver. (It might also be worth using nvidia-xconfig to create a basic xorg.conf. Then use the nvidia-settings utility to manually enter the desired display mode).