Open Suse 11.1 desktop screen look weird on my notebook

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#1

Hi all,

My screen look awkward on my HP/compaq V3633AU notebook. I can’t resize to the best resolution like Windows does?

Under System -> Configuration -> Configure X11 System, Monitor Tab.
The option is: 800x600(SVGA) or 1024x768(XGA) on the 16.7milo 24bit.

I selected 1024x768(XGA) and reboot, Still the screen look big to me.

after that i go to Display setting, nothing to reduce to smaller but accept Default or 1024x768 …

How to make my screen size to the max reduction like my Vista?

Problem is my status bar large, the wallpaper huge and when i surfing net using Mozilla Firefox the tab and every thing look squeezing.

Tks pls help

#2

What graphics card has the notebook?
You probably need propertiery drivers.

#3

I not very familiar with graphic thingy. (I just found the version :NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7150M, is this the graphic support?

But I do know I saw a icon indicated nvidia icon when I was on Vista OS.

So how to solve this issue?

How to know what actual model/version of graphic card i’m using right now?

From Hp or reboot to Vista?

Tks

#4

Okay, nvidia, that shouldn’t be a problem.

Open install or remove software packages (yast)
Menu settings > repositories
Add > community repositories > NVIDIA repository
After adding this repository, the driver should be automatically selected and installed. Reboot and change the video settings to the correct resolution.

PS: the driver is the same for most of the newer nvidia cards

#5

Done. But screen still look the same.

Can’t find any thing that have ‘Video Settings’

#6

I had a similar problem with my Compaq Presario. My problem is that my monitor has a non-native form factor, i.e., 1280x800. The way I fixed it was to login as root and launch the program “nvidia-settings”. There is a tab marked “X Server Display Settings”. There are pull down entries for resolution, color depth, and monitor sync. Save the changes. Examine /etc/X11/xorg.conf to verify that the changes are there. Reboot.

#7

Mmmh think after enabling the nvidia repository and installing the driver the first time it boots up it doesn’t even come up with a GUI but commandline?
In there you can do a sudo nvidia-xconfig command followed by a sax2 -r command, select the proper settings, test/save.
sudo reboot
If it starts up normally you might still need to execute those commands, at least they wont do any harm.

And then it should work.