I just installed opensuse 11.1 for the first time on my Acer 6930 laptop. The best screen resolution I can achieve is the completely useless 800x600. None of the other distros of linux I have installed on this computer have had this problem. Does anyone know of a fix? Thanks!
Hi 2handband
Information concerning your hardware and X config would be useful. Then it may be possible to guide you. Open a console and su to root. Then run these commands
hwinfo --gfxcard
cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Post the details here.
The graphics card:
"linux-03vu:/home/gene # hwinfo --gfxcard
09: PCI 02.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA)
[Created at pci.318]
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2a42
Unique ID: _Znp.ik6kSiOd2U5
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:00:02.0
Hardware Class: graphics card
Model: “Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset”
Vendor: pci 0x8086 “Intel Corporation”
Device: pci 0x2a42 “Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset”
SubVendor: pci 0x1025 “Acer Incorporated [ALI]”
SubDevice: pci 0x015e
Revision: 0x07
Memory Range: 0xf0000000-0xf03fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
Memory Range: 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff (rw,prefetchable)
I/O Ports: 0x1800-0x1807 (rw)
IRQ: 16 (115741 events)
I/O Ports: 0x3c0-0x3df (rw)
Module Alias: “pci:v00008086d00002A42sv00001025sd0000015Ebc03sc00i00”
Driver Info #0:
XFree86 v4 Server Module: intel
Driver Info #1:
XFree86 v4 Server Module: intel
3D Support: yes
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
10: PCI 02.1: 0380 Display controller
[Created at pci.318]
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2a43
Unique ID: ruGf.DBUMMYhHK5B
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1
SysFS BusID: 0000:00:02.1
Hardware Class: graphics card
Model: “Intel Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller”
Vendor: pci 0x8086 “Intel Corporation”
Device: pci 0x2a43 “Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller”
SubVendor: pci 0x1025 “Acer Incorporated [ALI]”
SubDevice: pci 0x015e
Revision: 0x07
Memory Range: 0xf0400000-0xf04fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
Module Alias: “pci:v00008086d00002A43sv00001025sd0000015Ebc03sc80i00”
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Primary display adapter: #9"
And the xorg.conf:
"linux-03vu:/home/gene # cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
/…/
SaX generated X11 config file
Created on: 2009-01-18T19:56:50-0600.
Version: 8.1
Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005
Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)
PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
Section “Files”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/local”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/Type1”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/URW”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/Speedo”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/PEX”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/kwintv”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/truetype”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/CID”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/xtest”
FontPath “/opt/kde3/share/fonts”
InputDevices “/dev/gpmdata”
InputDevices “/dev/input/mice”
EndSection
Section “ServerFlags”
Option “AIGLX” “on”
Option “AllowMouseOpenFail” “on”
Option “ZapWarning” “on”
EndSection
Section “Module”
Load “dbe”
Load “freetype”
Load “glx”
Load “extmod”
Load “dri”
EndSection
Section “InputDevice”
Driver “kbd”
Identifier “Keyboard[0]”
Option “Protocol” “Standard”
Option “XkbLayout” “us”
Option “XkbModel” “microsoftpro”
Option “XkbRules” “xfree86”
EndSection
Section “InputDevice”
Driver “evdev”
Identifier “Mouse[1]”
Option “InputFashion” “Mouse”
Option “Name” “Logitech Media Play Mouse”
Option “Pass” “3”
Option “Vendor” “Sysp”
Option “evBits” “+1-2”
Option “keyBits” “~272-287”
Option “relBits” “~0-2 ~6 ~8”
EndSection
Section “InputDevice”
Driver “synaptics”
Identifier “Mouse[3]”
Option “Buttons” “5”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/mice”
Option “Emulate3Buttons” “on”
Option “HorizScrollDelta” “0”
Option “InputFashion” “Mouse”
Option “Name” “Synaptics;Touchpad”
Option “Protocol” “explorerps/2”
Option “SHMConfig” “on”
Option “Vendor” “Sysp”
Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5”
EndSection
Section “InputDevice”
Driver “mouse”
Identifier “Mouse[5]”
Option “Buttons” “5”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/mice”
Option “Name” “ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse”
Option “Protocol” “explorerps/2”
Option “Vendor” “Sysp”
Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5”
EndSection
Section “Monitor”
DisplaySize 353 198
HorizSync 30-40
Identifier “Monitor[0]”
ModelName “Unknown”
Option “DPMS”
Option “PreferredMode” “1366x768”
VendorName “Unknown”
VertRefresh 50-75
UseModes “Modes[0]”
EndSection
Section “Modes”
Identifier “Modes[0]”
EndSection
Section “Screen”
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection “Display”
Depth 15
Modes “1366x768” “1360x768” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
Virtual 3840 1200
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 16
Modes “1366x768” “1360x768” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
Virtual 3840 1200
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “1366x768” “1360x768” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
Virtual 3840 1200
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 8
Modes “1366x768” “1360x768” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
Virtual 3840 1200
EndSubSection
Device “Device[0]”
Identifier “Screen[0]”
Monitor “Monitor[0]”
EndSection
Section “Device”
BoardName “Mobile Intel GM45 Express Chipset”
Driver “intel”
Identifier “Device[0]”
Option “monitor-LVDS” “Monitor[0]”
Screen 0
VendorName “Intel”
EndSection
Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier “Layout[all]”
InputDevice “Keyboard[0]” “CoreKeyboard”
InputDevice “Mouse[1]” “CorePointer”
InputDevice “Mouse[3]” “SendCoreEvents”
InputDevice “Mouse[5]” “SendCoreEvents”
Option “Clone” “off”
Option “Xinerama” “off”
Screen “Screen[0]”
EndSection
Section “DRI”
Group “video”
Mode 0660
EndSection
Section “Extensions”
Option “Composite” “on”
EndSection"
Thanks for info. So, you have an intel integrated graphics chipset. There have been issues reported with monitor mode detection and xorg intel drivers. The modelines seem to be ignored unless this detection is disabled. Try adding
Option “NoDDC”
to your xorg.conf device section. You will need to edit this as root, preferably from a console (terminal window). For example:
su (to become root)
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.working (backup original file)
pico /etc/X11/xorg.conf (edit with pico editor)
Similar thread:
http://forums.opensuse.org/hardware/404257-possible-pass-sax2-inf-file.html
Hope this works for you.