Intel graphics problem

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The problem Im having is being unable to go above 1024 resolution. On windows my monitor easily ran 1920 x 1080.
Its the intel sandybridge graphics I have.
This is what i get with xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1024 x 768, maximum 32767 x 32767
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VGA1 connected primary 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
1024x768 60.00*
800x600 60.32 56.25
848x480 60.00
640x480 59.94
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
1280x1024_75.00 (0x1a2) 138.750MHz
h: width 1280 start 1368 end 1504 total 1728 skew 0 clock 80.30KHz
v: height 1024 start 1027 end 1034 total 1072 clock 74.90Hz
“1368x768_60.00″ (0x1aa) 85.250MHz
h: width 1368 start 1440 end 1576 total 1784 skew 0 clock 47.79KHz
v: height 768 start 771 end 781 total 798 clock 59.88Hz
800x600_60.00 (0x246) 38.250MHz
h: width 800 start 832 end 912 total 1024 skew 0 clock 37.35KHz
v: height 600 start 603 end 607 total 624 clock 59.86Hz

Im new to opensuse and love it except for the graphics. Is there a way i can change it? tried using the settings but wont go higher than 1024. If anyone can help id be grateful as this is the only thing I dont like!!
Im a noob by the way so Im not big into command lines etc but I’ll try whatever you genuis’ can advise :slight_smile:

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Paste the content of /var/log/Xorg.0.log here http://paste.opensuse.org/ and post the link you get.

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http://paste.opensuse.org/61362380
Thanks for any help, Appreciate it

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looks like the monitor is not being detected or the handshake fails. Ypu would then have to force the monitor res in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d moniter def files

First off you will need the modeline for the res and refresh you want. There are countless on line calculators just Google modline or you can use the command line version cvt

type man cvt for usage instructions

You can try it out using the xrandr program

type man xrandr for usage

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Thanks for that, Ive got the modeline. Not sure on how to alter the xconf files though. I am a complete Noob!!!

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Im bamboozled with it tbh. If anyone has a walkthrough or can point me to a specific one for intel that would be great. Ive found ones for ATI and nvidia but not intel

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Intel drive is built into the kernel no walk throughs it works or it does not

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Found the files, tried to rewrite but it says “The document could not be saved, as it was not possible to write to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-monitor.conf.”

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You have to be root

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here is an example from what Iuse


Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "CRT-1"
    HorizSync       55.0 - 83.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 75.0
#    ModeLine        "1920x1080"  162.37 1920 1952 2568 2600 1080 1102 1112 1135 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine        "1600x900_60.00" 119.00 1600 1696 1864 2128 900 901 904 932 -HSync +Vsync

EndSection


Section "Screen"

    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    Modes      "1920x1080" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

I needed 1600x900

You then set the value in your desktop monitor config app. Don’t know which desktop you use