Hey everybody,
Is there a way to change my resolution to something specific? I was trying to make my display “less-widescreen” when I accidently made it completely changed.
From the sax2 command, there is only 14001050 and 16001200, both that are not what I’m looking for and messes up my display. Now, I can’t change it back to the original, much less the one I’m looking for (1600*900).
Can somebody please help?
Thanks.
From a console login
http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1peIEW9mB5qV92hBu5sSvaV4kPmA7PBUW1Pujx3I2ZLWI3_i_8M036-BeH1mzattLifkpKssHJf9RTFTlwgu1zAg/console.login.png
login as user at the cli, then type su -
followed by root password
now do this
mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak
Then type: reboot
You will now have no xorg.conf and the system should pick things up automatically.
Your settings are backed up in xorg.conf.bak (if you need them)
cat, thanks for replying.
Somehow, that did not work. The panel at the bottom ends about halfway through the screen, probably because the resolution ratio is not correct. It did make it better a little, though.
Is there a way to change it to the one I want? 1600*900?
And is there a good photohosting site like photobucket to upload screenshots? Photobucket doesn’t work with linux.
Upload Images in your Posts - HowTo - openSUSE Forums
Did you ever explain what graphics device and drivers you have?
My graphics card is the NVidia GeForce 6100 nForce 430. I have the latest drivers. Everything is ok with Windows…
Please post result of:
glxinfo
and as su
hwinfo --gfxcard
caf4926 wrote:
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You may need to know the model of the machine he is using. I
just posted something on the hardware forum: I found on a
Lenovo desktop with the same video which gives a similar
result on install. The BIOS and/or hardware implementation on
this box gives me a conflict on boot between APIC and the
nvidia card. As a result, the chipset cannot be scanned -
hence no device specific info is passed to the system. I’ve
had to manually configure a couple of settings in xorg.conf
for the last 2-3 releases of openSUSE and just now found the
problem from the boot log of 11.2. Auto-config works only if
all the players are on the same page of the song book.
–
Will Honea
for glxinfo:
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: No
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_OML_swap_method,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe,
GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,
GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control,
GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
GLX extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,
GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample,
GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa Project
OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.6)
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_draw_buffers, GL_ARB_fragment_program,
GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow, GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multisample,
GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_occlusion_query, GL_ARB_point_parameters,
GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_shadow_ambient,
GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_compression,
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar,
GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat,
GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle,
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_window_pos,
GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color,
GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate,
GL_EXT_blend_logic_op, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract,
GL_EXT_copy_texture, GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord,
GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_pixels,
GL_EXT_paletted_texture, GL_EXT_point_parameters, GL_EXT_polygon_offset,
GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color,
GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs,
GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette, GL_EXT_stencil_two_side,
GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_subtexture, GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D,
GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3,
GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp,
GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_vertex_array,
GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1, GL_APPLE_packed_pixels,
GL_ATI_draw_buffers, GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3,
GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once, GL_ATIX_texture_env_combine3,
GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_INGR_blend_func_separate,
GL_MESA_pack_invert, GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture, GL_NV_blend_square,
GL_NV_fragment_program, GL_NV_light_max_exponent, GL_NV_point_sprite,
GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_NV_texture_env_combine4,
GL_NV_texture_rectangle, GL_NV_vertex_program, GL_NV_vertex_program1_1,
GL_SGI_color_matrix, GL_SGI_color_table, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap,
GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp,
GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SGIX_shadow_ambient, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess
***
*** WARNING: Direct Rendering is NOT enabled
***
visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
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0x21 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0xbc 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0xbd 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0xbe 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0xbf 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0xc0 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0xc1 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 0 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0xc2 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0xc3 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 0 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0xc4 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0xc5 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0xc6 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0xc7 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0xc8 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0xc9 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0xca 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0xcb 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0xcc 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0xcd 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0xce 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0xcf 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0xd0 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 0 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0xd1 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0xd2 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 0 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0xd3 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0xd4 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0xd5 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0xd6 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0xd7 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0xd8 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0xd9 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0xda 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x3b 32 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
for hwinfo:
23: PCI 0d.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA)
[Created at pci.318]
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_3d0
Unique ID: qnJ_.2_0fwXvZS03
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0d.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:00:0d.0
Hardware Class: graphics card
Model: "nVidia GeForce 6100 nForce 430"
Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation"
Device: pci 0x03d0 "GeForce 6100 nForce 430"
SubVendor: pci 0x1019 "Elitegroup Computer Systems"
SubDevice: pci 0x2601
Revision: 0xa2
Memory Range: 0xfb000000-0xfbffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
Memory Range: 0xe0000000-0xefffffff (rw,prefetchable)
Memory Range: 0xfc000000-0xfcffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
Memory Range: 0xc0000000-0xc001ffff (ro,prefetchable,disabled)
IRQ: 11 (no events)
I/O Ports: 0x3c0-0x3df (rw)
Module Alias: "pci:v000010DEd000003D0sv00001019sd00002601bc03sc00i00"
Driver Info #0:
XFree86 v4 Server Module: nv
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Primary display adapter: #23
So you need to install the graphics driver.
Check here:
NVIDIA - openSUSE
openSUSE Graphic Card Practical Theory Guide for Users - openSUSE Forums
Thanks, that made a huge difference. Everything used to be very stretched out and awkward.
Now, everything is in the normal widescreen format, but there is one problem. The taskbar at the bottom fills up only about halfway through the screen. 
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/273/thisisawesome.jpg
And a 2nd thing, I believe I accidentally deleted to rectangular box on my desktop. How can I get it back?
Thanks again.
Sorry for the double post, but once I edited something once it didn’t allow me to edit it again.
Upon further investigation, it appears that the driver did do the trick, and my resolution is now 1600x900. However, the two problems stated in the above post I still need help with.
Please reiterate your issues.
I think I spotted One
Right click desktop, unlock widgets, add widget, add ‘Folder View’
You can configure the folder with the handle that is on it when you hover over it, when done, lock widgets
Sorry if I was not clear earlier, but if you look at the screenshot I gave you, you can see how the panel at the bottom with the opensuse icon, the applications I have open, etc. (the taskbar) takes up only half of my screen. It is supposed to take up the whole bottom.
Thanks for all the help so far!
Right click Unlock widget
Click the small cashew icon on the right end of the panel
It will expand and you should now see slider arrows in the next section up, adjust to fit - Lock widgets
Thank you so much cat!
I fixed the problem by the settings, maximize panel.
You have fixed all the problems I had!
See, this is why I’m starting to prefer opensuse over Windows. The great customer service.
Excellent! Happy to help;)
I’ll put a gold star on lapel for this thenlol!