I have an ATI Radeaon X800 GTO graphics card which is working fine in XP and I am running at a resolution of 1280 x 1024 @ 75 hertz and I am dual booting with Open Suse 11.3 and the highest resolution I can get is 1024 x 768 which makes the icons massive
Is there a simple way to install the correct drivers in 11, 3
There may be a simple way, and there may not be a simple way.
Please, can you provide more information ?
First, what is the output of typing in a terminal:
xrandr
copy and post that output here.
Next, what is the content of the file /var/log/Xorg.0.log ? Please open that file with a text editor and post it here: SUSE Paste And then after creating the page post here the URL/link/address that it creates where the pasted file contents are now located.
Finally, could you advise EXACTLY what monitor you are using?
Armed with the output of that, its possible one of our forum experts in this (of which I am not one) may be able to help.
xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 4096 x 4096
VGA-0 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
1024x768 60.0*
800x600 60.3 56.2
848x480 60.0
640x480 59.9 59.9
S-video disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
OK, that suggests the solution will be more complex. Hence we really need the URL where you pasted the content of /var/log/Xorg.0.log file, as that should provide the clue as to why the higher resolution has not been identified as being useable by ‘xrandr’.
Monitor is Iiyama Prolite E435S
Ok, thanks. There was nothing glaring in that /var/log/Xorg.0.log file, although I did note these lines:
405. 16.205] (EE) No supported AMD display adapters were found
472. 16.261] (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
474. 16.261] (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (vrefresh out of range)
476. 16.262] (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (vrefresh out of range)
Hence it appears the radeon graphic driver (which is what your openSUSE is using) is having problems with the hsync and vrefresh sync range.
deano_ferrari is our resident expert on this, but I recall in a related (albeit not identical) problem he came up with a suggestion that may work for you:
which is to try a minimal tweak of /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-monitor.conf via an editor with root privileges
if KDE
kdesu kate /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-monitor.conf
or if gnome:
gnomesu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-monitor.conf
Remove the ‘#’ (comment character) from both lines
#HorizSync 28-85
#VertRefresh 50-100
and add
Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024"
When done, save, and either restart the PC, or restart the X-server with CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE (twice). See how that goes.
Before doing the above, you may wish to install the program ‘mc’ (midnight commander) as it has a very userfriendly editor for text mode edits, in case everything backfires and you end up being forced to do edits in a text only mode.
Did that and it works fine I now have the options showing in the display options and am now running at this resolution, but when I now click on desktop in system settings the KDE crash handler comes up with this error
Executable: systemsettings PID: 614 Signal: 11 (Segmentation fault)
Thanks for all your help guys
I do not know what you mean by ‘desktop’ in ‘system settings’. I have no idea as to where that setting is.
file:///home/nigel/Documents/snapshot1.png
Sorry, but that pix is on your hard drive. I can’t possibly see it.
Sorry will try again
I have now installed opensuse 12.1 and have the same problem I can only get the resolution of 1024 x 768
I followed the instructions shown for the early version but when restarting I got a run level 3 so I could not continue as I am unsure what to type here and could not get back to run level 5 so I had to reinstall
Is something now different to get the resolution of
1280x1024"
Thanks
You could try using the graphical sax3 utility to get the required display resolution:
In addition to deano_ferrai’s advice, some general comments.
Please install the editor Midnight Commander ‘mc’ (like I noted above). It works well in run level 3 and makes it EASY to do edits of configuration files when you do not have a GUI.
Do NOT forget there is a ‘failsafe’ mode for booting. It typically will boot to a primative but HIGHLY compatible fbdev graphics. Re-installing like you noted is rarely the solution in cases like this. Re-installing may just add an hour or two extra time to the frustration you must already be experiencing with no resultant solution.
Do not forget you can use the boot codes ‘nomodeset’ and/or ‘x11failsafe’ when you have trouble booting
Do not forget that in addition to the ‘radeon’ driver, that other drivers that can be tried are the ‘radeonhd’, the ‘vesa’ and the ‘fbdev’, which can be applied with appropriate edit to the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-device.conf file. Note in 12.1 more appropriate lines need to be uncommented when applying a different graphic card setting.
Keep in mind the order of graphic configuration, where any /etc/X11/xorg.conf file takes priority over all else, followed next by any /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ files taking priority over automatic X and/or automatic Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) configurations.
Note if ‘KMS’ is disabled via YaST (so that the kernel will not try to automatically configure the graphics) then ‘X’ will try to automatically configure the graphics, assuming that there are no configuration files in place.
It is very difficult for anyone providing support to understand a user’s problem and provide support if the user does not post to SUSE Paste the content of the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file together with a description as to what configuration was in place at the time and what they were trying to do.
Good luck.
I installed the Sax3 in 12.1 changed the driver and now all I get is the run level 3 so now my learning curve starts.
I am using a Live CD to do this post
I have not yest installed Midnight Commander I will soon and practice with it but in the meantime how can I get back to the GUI
See Suse paste above for copy of my X.Org
Appreciate any help
The log file contains the following
11.716] Parse error on line 4 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-saxmonitors.conf
The VertRefresh keyword must be followed by a list of numbers or ranges.
which means that 99-saxmonitors.conf has an error, which resulted in the X-server not starting. Somehow, it is complaining that the ‘VertRefresh’ option did not have the expected numeric values after it. If you can, please post the contents of that file. It should be possible to edit this file with a CLI editor, so that it works, but might be simplest to remove it completely for now.
You could reinstate your desktop by logging in (as root) at runlevel 3, then removing the offending file with
rm -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-saxmonitors.conf
then change to runlevel 5 with
init 5
Thanks for the reply
I tried the following
As root
rm -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-saxmonitors.conf
Then
init 5
Nothing happens when i reboot its back the the login run level 3
I installed the Sax3 in 12.1 changed the driver and now all I get is the run level 3 so now my learning curve starts.
What driver did you try changing to?
Without knowing precisely what changes you made, you may need to delete 50-saxdevice.conf and 50-saxscreen.conf as well.