stretched screen

vinay_r · September 16, 2009, 3:43pm

Hi there,

I got myself an Acer Aspire One 751 netbook yesterday and installed suse 11.1 today. I used the dvd image on a pendrive for installation and as far as I’ve checked (didn’t bother getting internet and such working, I’ve got a suse 11.1 desktop here as well) nearly everything seems fine.

Except for the screen size. The complete screen is being filled, but everything is stretched in the horizontal direction. The screen has a 16:9 ratio and it seems fine in the already installed Windows XP, but with linux it doesn’t.

I did follow the instructions mentioned here, that is, change


DISPLAYMANAGER_RANDR_MODE_VGA="auto"

into

DISPLAYMANAGER_RANDR_MODE_VGA=""

in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager, but that didn’t do the trick. In fact, “auto” was already gone when I first opened the file, but I tried both (with and without “auto”). Also I cannot make sax2 adjust the screen shape to solve it.

Does anyone have an idea how to change it?

Cheers,
Vinay

knurpht · September 16, 2009, 3:51pm

What’s the video card / chip in the laptop? You might need proprietary drivers to get this working.

vinay_r · September 16, 2009, 4:40pm

Hi,

thank you for your reply. It says “Vesa framebuffer graphics” in Sax2, not too sure if that is what you’re after. The graphics card is on-board. The processor is Intel Atom Z520, if that is of any help.

Cheers,
Vinay

vinay_r · September 16, 2009, 5:31pm

Hi,

this may be the info you were looking for:


13: PCI 02.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA)
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_8108
  Unique ID: _Znp.mMhpgw3h8oF
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:00:02.0
  Hardware Class: graphics card
  Model: "Intel System Controller Hub (SCH Poulsbo) Graphics Controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
  Device: pci 0x8108 "System Controller Hub (SCH Poulsbo) Graphics Controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1025 "Acer Incorporated [ALI]"
  SubDevice: pci 0x0244 
  Revision: 0x07
  Memory Range: 0xb0080000-0xb00fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0x1800-0x1807 (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xc0000000-0xcfffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xb0000000-0xb003ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 7 (no events)
  I/O Ports: 0x3c0-0x3df (rw)
  Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d00008108sv00001025sd00000244bc03sc00i00"
  Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

As for the screen itself:

52: None 00.0: 10000 Monitor
  [Created at fb.71]
  Unique ID: rdCR.EY_qmtb9YY0
  Hardware Class: monitor
  Model: "Generic Monitor"
  Vendor: "Generic"
  Device: "Monitor"
  Resolution: 1024x768@76Hz
  Driver Info #0:
    Max. Resolution: 1024x768
    Vert. Sync Range: 50-90 Hz
    Hor. Sync Range: 31-61 kHz
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

The acer website mentions resolution should be 1366x768, by the way.

Cheers,
Vinay

vinay_r · September 17, 2009, 1:10pm

Hi,

still haven’t got it to work, but I noticed that the Grub screen has “vga=0x317” as boot option for linux, which seems to relate to 1024x768. I’ve been looking into some tables but can’t find anything for 16bit 1366x768. In sax2 I now also chose LCD, which allows me to chose for the proper resolution, but the drop down menu below still only has the 1024x768 and 800x600 options.

By the way I have had it connected to the internet and ran the updates, but that didn’t solve the issue either.

I also tried to change

DISPLAYMANAGER_RANDR_MODE_VGA=""

in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager to

DISPLAYMANAGER_RANDR_MODE_VGA="1366x768_60 1368 1440 1584 1800 768 769 772 795"

but even that doesn’t help one bit (and fortunately doesn’t make it any worse either).

I’m a bit disappointed as I got myself exactly the same Acer Aspire 751 with SuSE 11.1 as described in the instructions I refer to in my first post. The author there apparently got it to work so that got me surprised that for me it doesn’t. Same software, same hardware, it should be doable, right?

Anyone some good advice? I don’t use my computer for movies and such (never tried whether it works either) and for typing and such I can live perfectly fine with the stretched screen, but for making drawings and such it is important that the screen ratio is right.

Thank you,
Vinay

knurpht · September 17, 2009, 1:23pm

Don’t expect too much from the Intel video chip. Widescreen resolution in GRUB is not yet possible. What you want is the desktop to be in the right resolution.
Start sax2 and adjust the preferred mode if possible. If not, change monitor to LCD with proper resolution and refresh rate. Check if preferred mode now is OK. Save and exit.

Please let us know the results.

deano_ferrari · September 17, 2009, 1:29pm

As Knurpht mentioned, you may need to install proprietary drivers if you have ATI or NVIDIA chipset. For Intel chipsets, careful monitor selection is required, and sometimes manual xorg.conf tuning may also be required.

Can you post the output of one of the following commands?

/sbin/lspci -k |grep VGA -A2

/usr/sbin/hwinfo --gfxcard

Edit: I missed the fact that you have Intel graphics chipset. If you still have problems with display after monitor configuration (as per Knurpht’s advice), please post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf contents for us to have a look at. Good luck.

vinay_r · September 17, 2009, 2:38pm

Hi Knurpht and Deano,

thank you for your response.

I already chose for the LCD 1366x768@60HZ in sax2. Yet still the drop down menu below still only allows me to choose between 800x600 and 1024x768.

Please see xorg.conf below:


# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2009-09-17T14:29:47+0200.
#
# 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       "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
  Option       "ZapWarning" "on"
EndSection

Section "Module"
  Load         "freetype"
  Load         "dbe"
  Load         "dri"
  Load         "glx"
  Load         "extmod"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "kbd"
  Identifier   "Keyboard[0]"
  Option       "Protocol" "Standard"
  Option       "XkbLayout" "us"
  Option       "XkbModel" "microsoftpro"
  Option       "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "mouse"
  Identifier   "Mouse[1]"
  Option       "Buttons" "5"
  Option       "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
  Option       "Name" "Logitech Premium Optical Wheel Mouse"
  Option       "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
  Option       "Vendor" "Sysp"
  Option       "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
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 "Monitor"
  Option       "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool"
  DisplaySize  270 152
  HorizSync    46-49
  Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
  ModelName    "1366X768@60HZ"
  Option       "DPMS"
  Option       "PreferredMode" "1366x768"
  VendorName   "--> LCD"
  VertRefresh  59-61
  UseModes     "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Modes"
  Identifier   "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      15
    Modes      "default" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      16
    Modes      "default" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      24
    Modes      "default" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      8
    Modes      "default" 
  EndSubSection
  Device       "Device[0]"
  Identifier   "Screen[0]"
  Monitor      "Monitor[0]"
EndSection


Section "Device"
  BoardName    "Framebuffer Graphics"
  Driver       "fbdev"
  Identifier   "Device[0]"
  Screen       0
  VendorName   "VESA"
EndSection



Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier   "Layout[all]"
  InputDevice  "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
  InputDevice  "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
  InputDevice  "Mouse[3]" "SendCoreEvents"
  Option       "Clone" "off"
  Option       "Xinerama" "off"
  Screen       "Screen[0]"
EndSection


Section "DRI"
    Group      "video"
    Mode       0660
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
EndSection

and the requested shell output:

vinay@linux-k9gh:~/Documents/computer> /sbin/lspci -k |grep VGA -A2
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation System Controller Hub (SCH Poulsbo) Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation System Controller Hub (SCH Poulsbo) HD Audio Controller (rev 07)
        Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel

linux-k9gh:/home/vinay/Documents/computer # /usr/sbin/hwinfo -gfxcard
oops: don't know what to do with "gfxcard"

The latter may not give you the info you were looking for, but the two boxes in my last post yesterday are extracts from hwinfo. Perhaps these are of any help.

Thanks again,
Vinay

knurpht · September 17, 2009, 3:59pm

De video driver in xorg.conf is ‘fbdev’. That’s not going to bring the resolutions you need. AFAIK you need the intel driver to be used by Xorg. Logout, Ctrl-Alt-F1 to go to console, login with username and password, and do:

su -c ‘init 3’

su -c ‘sax2 -r -m0=intel’

Pick Change Configuration to check the new values, adjust where needed, save and exit.

su -c ‘init 5 && exit’

Each command will ask you for the root password.

Good luck and keep up the faith, it will work.

vinay_r · September 17, 2009, 5:00pm

Hi again,

thank you for your help. After the step “su -c ‘sax2 -r -m0=intel’”, sax mentioned there was a problem and refers to /var/log/SaX.log, so here it comes:

/*************
SaX2 log     : SaX2 version 8.1 - SVN Release: 1.49 2003/03/17
**************
SVN RELEASE  : 1870
             :
DESCRIPTION  : X11 configuration log file to collect information
             : about detection, startup and configuration.
             : There are three parts of logging:
             : ---
             : 1) INIT     ( detection, 3D )
             : 2) STARTUP  ( xorg.conf, X11 log, glxinfo )
             : 3) CONFIG   ( config actions )
             : ---
             :
VERSION      : SaX2 compiled for: [OTHER]
PARAMETER    : -r -m0=intel -r
             :
LOG DATE     : Thu Sep 17 16:41:31 CEST 2009
*************/
============================
Framebuffer Info:
----------------------------
Framebuffer is active

17-Sep 16:41:32 <I> Initializing...
17-Sep 16:41:33 <I>  Sysp: Mouse detection data
	Mouse0    =>  Protocol   : explorerps/2
	Mouse0    =>  Device     : /dev/input/mice
	Mouse0    =>  Buttons    : 5
	Mouse0    =>  Wheel      : 1
	Mouse0    =>  Emulate    : 0
	Mouse0    =>  Name       : Logitech Premium Optical Wheel Mouse
	Mouse0    =>  VendorID   : 0x046d
	Mouse0    =>  DeviceID   : 0xc03e
	Mouse0    =>  Profile    : <undefined>
	Mouse0    =>  RealDevice : /dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:00:1d.1-usb-0:1.2:1.0-event-mouse
	Mouse0    =>  NutShell   : 0
	
	Mouse1    =>  Protocol   : explorerps/2
	Mouse1    =>  Device     : /dev/input/mice
	Mouse1    =>  Buttons    : 5
	Mouse1    =>  Wheel      : 1
	Mouse1    =>  Emulate    : 0
	Mouse1    =>  Name       : SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
	Mouse1    =>  VendorID   : 0x0002
	Mouse1    =>  DeviceID   : 0x0007
	Mouse1    =>  Profile    : synaptics
	Mouse1    =>  RealDevice : /dev/input/by-path/platform-i8042-serio-2-event-mouse
	Mouse1    =>  NutShell   : 0
]
17-Sep 16:41:34 <I>  Sysp: Keyboard detection data
	Keyboard0 =>  XkbModel   : microsoftpro
	Keyboard0 =>  XkbLayout  : us
	Keyboard0 =>  Name       : Ortek USB Keyboard Hub
	Keyboard0 =>  VendorID   : 0x05a4
	Keyboard0 =>  DeviceID   : 0x9862
	Keyboard0 =>  Profile    : <undefined>
	Keyboard0 =>  RealDevice : /dev/input/input3
	
	Keyboard1 =>  XkbModel   : microsoftpro
	Keyboard1 =>  XkbLayout  : us
	Keyboard1 =>  Name       : AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
	Keyboard1 =>  VendorID   : 0x0001
	Keyboard1 =>  DeviceID   : 0x0001
	Keyboard1 =>  Profile    : <undefined>
	Keyboard1 =>  RealDevice : /dev/input/event0
]
17-Sep 16:41:34 <I>  Sysp: Server detection data
	Card0     =>  DomainId   : 0x0
	Card0     =>  BusId      : 0x0
	Card0     =>  SlotId     : 0x02
	Card0     =>  FuncId     : 0x0
	Card0     =>  Vendor     : VESA
	Card0     =>  Device     : Framebuffer Graphics
	Card0     =>  VID        : 0x8086
	Card0     =>  DID        : 0x8108
	Card0     =>  Module     : intel
	Card0     =>  BusType    : PCI
	Card0     =>  Detected   : 1
	Card0     =>  Flag       : DEFAULT
	Card0     =>  SUB-VID    : 0x1025
	Card0     =>  SUB-DID    : 0x0244
	Card0     =>  DrvProfile : Depth24,Intel,AIGLX,Composite,Virtual2k
]
17-Sep 16:41:47 <I>  Sysp: XStuff detection data
	Card0     =>  DDC        : AUO205C
	Card0     =>  Name       : AUO LCD Monitor
	Card0     =>  Vendor     : AUO
	Card0     =>  Primary    : 00-02-0
	Card0     =>  Chipset    : <undefined>
	Card0     =>  Vsync      : 60
	Card0     =>  Hsync      : 66
	Card0     =>  Vesa       : 1366 768 66 60
	Card0     =>  Dacspeed   : 220
	Card0     =>  Modeline   : <undefined>
	Card0     =>  Memory     : 4096
	Card0     =>  RandR      : <undefined>
	Card0     =>  Current    : 00-02-0
	Card0     =>  RawDef     : None
	Card0     =>  Option     : None
	Card0     =>  Extension  : None
	Card0     =>  Module     : intel
	Card0     =>  Display    : LCD/TFT
	Card0     =>  VesaBios   : 3.0
	Card0     =>  FBBoot     : 800 600 16 788
	Card0     =>  FBBoot     : 800 600 24 789
	Card0     =>  FBBoot     : 800 600 8 771
	Card0     =>  FBBoot     : 1024 768 8 773
	Card0     =>  FBBoot     : 1024 768 16 791
	Card0     =>  FBBoot     : 1024 768 24 792
]
17-Sep 16:41:51 <I>  Sysp: 3D detection data
	Card3D0   =>  Install    : <none>
	Card3D0   =>  Remove     : <none>
	Card3D0   =>  Packages   : <none>
	Card3D0   =>  Active     : 1
	Card3D0   =>  Answer     : no
	Card3D0   =>  ScriptReal : <none>
	Card3D0   =>  ScriptSoft : <none>
	Card3D0   =>  Flag       : <none>
]
17-Sep 16:41:55 <X> Startup...
17-Sep 16:41:55 <X> Startup on new Server: <:0.0>
17-Sep 16:41:55 <X> Logging File contents: /tmp/sax2-3632/xorg.conf 
	# /.../
	# SaX generated X11 config file
	# Created on: 2009-09-17T16:41:55+0200.
	#
	# 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 [SaX2] (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 "Module"
	  Load         "dri"
	  Load         "dbe"
	  Load         "freetype"
	  Load         "extmod"
	  Load         "glx"
	EndSection
	
	Section "ServerFlags"
	  Option       "AIGLX" "on"
	  Option       "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
	  Option       "ZapWarning" "on"
	EndSection
	
	Section "InputDevice"
	  Driver       "kbd"
	  Identifier   "Keyboard[0]"
	  Option       "Protocol" "Standard"
	  Option       "XkbLayout" "us"
	  Option       "XkbModel" "microsoftpro"
	  Option       "XkbRules" "xfree86"
	EndSection
	
	Section "InputDevice"
	  Driver       "mouse"
	  Identifier   "Mouse[1]"
	  Option       "Buttons" "5"
	  Option       "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	  Option       "Name" "Logitech Premium Optical Wheel Mouse"
	  Option       "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
	  Option       "Vendor" "Sysp"
	  Option       "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	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 "Monitor"
	  DisplaySize  340 270
	  HorizSync    30-66
	  Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
	  ModelName    "AUO LCD MONITOR"
	  Option       "DPMS"
	  Option       "PreferredMode" "1366x768"
	  VendorName   "AUO"
	  VertRefresh  43-60
	  UseModes     "Modes[0]"
	EndSection
	
	
	Section "Modes"
	  Identifier   "Modes[0]"
	  Modeline 	"1366x768" 85.86 1368 1440 1584 1800 768 769 772 795
	  Modeline 	"1360x768" 70.75 1360 1408 1440 1520 768 771 776 790 +HSync -Vsync
	EndSection
	
	
	Section "Device"
	  BoardName    "Framebuffer Graphics"
	  Driver       "intel"
	  Identifier   "Device[0]"
	  VendorName   "VESA"
	EndSection
	
	
	Section "Screen"
	  DefaultDepth 24
	  SubSection "Display"
	    Depth      15
	    Modes      "1366x768" 
	    Virtual    2048 1200
	  EndSubSection
	  SubSection "Display"
	    Depth      16
	    Modes      "1366x768" 
	    Virtual    2048 1200
	  EndSubSection
	  SubSection "Display"
	    Depth      24
	    Modes      "1366x768" 
	    Virtual    2048 1200
	  EndSubSection
	  SubSection "Display"
	    Depth      8
	    Modes      "1366x768" 
	    Virtual    2048 1200
	  EndSubSection
	  Device       "Device[0]"
	  Identifier   "Screen[0]"
	  Monitor      "Monitor[0]"
	EndSection
	
	
	Section "ServerLayout"
	  Identifier   "Layout[all]"
	  InputDevice  "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
	  InputDevice  "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
	  InputDevice  "Mouse[3]" "SendCoreEvents"
	  Screen       "Screen[0]"
	EndSection

It is too much text for the forum, so I split it. The remainder is in the next post.

vinay_r · September 17, 2009, 5:01pm

This is the remainder of the SaX.log output which didn’t fit in the previous post.


	
	Section "DRI"
	    Group      "video"
	    Mode       0660
	EndSection
	
	Section "Extensions"
	  Option       "Composite" "on"
	EndSection
	
]
17-Sep 16:41:57 <X> Logging File contents: /var/log/xlog 
	
	X.Org X Server 1.5.2
	Release Date: 10 October 2008
	X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
	Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX
	Current Operating System: Linux linux-k9gh 2.6.27.29-0.1-pae #1 SMP 2009-08-15 17:53:59 +0200 i686
	Build Date: 02 July 2009  08:02:13AM
	 
	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
	Module Loader present
	Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
	(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Sep 17 16:41:55 2009
	(++) Using config file: "/tmp/sax2-3632/xorg.conf"
	(==) ServerLayout "Layout[all]"
	(**) |-->Screen "Screen[0]" (0)
	(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor[0]"
	(**) |   |-->Device "Device[0]"
	(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard[0]"
	(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse[1]"
	(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse[3]"
	(**) Option "ZapWarning" "on"
	(**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
	(**) Option "AIGLX" "on"
	(==) Automatically adding devices
	(==) Automatically enabling devices
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/local" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/PEX" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/japanese" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/uni" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/CID" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/xtest" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(==) Including the default font path /usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,/usr/share/fonts/OTF,/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled.
	(**) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/Type1,
	/usr/share/fonts/URW,
	/usr/share/fonts/Speedo,
	/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic,
	/usr/share/fonts/truetype,
	/opt/kde3/share/fonts,
	/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
	/usr/share/fonts/OTF,
	/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
	/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled
	(**) Input device list set to "/dev/gpmdata,/dev/input/mice"
	(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/updates,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
	(**) Extension "Composite" is enabled
	(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
	(II) Loader magic: 0x81f95c0
	(II) Module ABI versions:
	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
	X.Org Video Driver: 4.1
	X.Org XInput driver : 2.1
	X.Org Server Extension : 1.1
	X.Org Font Renderer : 0.6
	(II) Loader running on linux
	(++) using VT number 7
	
	(--) PCI:*(0@0:2:0) unknown vendor (0x8086) unknown chipset (0x8108) rev 7, Mem @ 0xb0080000/0, 0xc0000000/0, 0xb0000000/0, I/O @ 0x00001800/0
	(II) System resource ranges:
	[0] -1	0	0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX**
	[1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX**
	[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX**
	[3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX**
	[4] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX**
	[5] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX**
	(II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
	(II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
	(II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
	(II) "freetype" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
	(II) "record" will be loaded by default.
	(II) "dri" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
	(II) LoadModule: "dri"
	
	(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//extensions/libdri.so
	(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
	(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
	(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
	
	(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//extensions/libdbe.so
	(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
	(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
	(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
	
	(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//fonts/libfreetype.so
	(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
	compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 2.1.0
	Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
	ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.6
	(II) Loading font FreeType
	(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
	
	(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//extensions/libextmod.so
	(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
	(II) Loading extension SHAPE
	(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
	(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
	(II) Loading extension SYNC
	(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
	(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
	(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
	(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
	(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
	(II) Loading extension DPMS
	(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
	(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
	(II) Loading extension XVideo
	(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
	(II) Loading extension X-Resource
	(II) LoadModule: "glx"
	
	(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//extensions/libglx.so
	(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
	(**) AIGLX enabled
	(**) Exporting typical set of GLX visuals
	(II) Loading extension GLX
	(II) LoadModule: "record"
	
	(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//extensions/librecord.so
	(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 1.13.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
	(II) Loading extension RECORD
	(II) LoadModule: "intel"
	
	(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//drivers/intel_drv.so
	(II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 2.5.0
	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1
	(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
	
	(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//input/kbd_drv.so

	(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 1.3.1
	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.1
	(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
	
	(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//input/mouse_drv.so
	(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 1.3.0
	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.1
	(II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
	
	(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//input/synaptics_drv.so
	(II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 0.15.2
	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.1
	(II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810,
	i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G,
	E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ,
	965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33,
	Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset,
	Intel Integrated Graphics Device, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41
	(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00@00:02:0
	(EE) No devices detected.
	
	Fatal server error:
	no screens found
]

All the way at the bottom, it mentions “no screens found” as the fatal server error. So unfortunately I didn’t get to the step of changing the configuration, but I hope this gives you a hint of how to proceed.

Thank you,
Vinay************

deano_ferrari · September 18, 2009, 10:22am

All the way at the bottom, it mentions “no screens found” as the fatal server error. So unfortunately I didn’t get to the step of changing the configuration, but I hope this gives you a hint of how to proceed.

From other users experiences, Xorg configuration with sax2 and the intel driver seems to be problematic. If you can, try a manual edit of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file (as root of course).

Based on that ‘intel’ xorg.conf file you posted, it included a modeline for “1366x768” in the modes section:

Section “Monitor”
Option “CalcAlgorithm” “XServerPool”
DisplaySize 270 152
HorizSync 46-49
Identifier “Monitor[0]”
ModelName “1366X768@60HZ”
Option “DPMS”
Option “PreferredMode” “1366x768”
VendorName “–> LCD”
VertRefresh 59-61
UseModes “Modes[0]”
EndSection

Section “Modes”
Identifier “Modes[0]”
Modeline “1366x768” 85.86 1368 1440 1584 1800 768 769 772 795
EndSection

You may need to force Xorg to use the included modeline(s) by disabling any automatic detection via EDID with

Option “IgnoreEDID” “on”
Option “NoDDC” “on”

See how that goes.

vinay_r · September 18, 2009, 11:08am

Hi again,

thanks for the hint. I was a bit afraid to mess with xorg.conf as it said I shouldn’t edit it, in capitals to make sure they got my attention.

Anyway, it didn’t work unfortunately. The section in xorg.conf now looks like:

Section "Monitor"
Option "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool"
DisplaySize 270 152
HorizSync 46-49
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "1366X768@60HZ"
Option "DPMS"
Option "PreferredMode" "1366x768"
Option "IgnoreEDID" "on"
Option "NoDDC" "on" 
VendorName "--> LCD"
VertRefresh 59-61
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection

but it didn’t do anything to the screen. Did I put those lines in the wrong spot?

Thanks again,
Vinay

vinay_r · September 18, 2009, 3:06pm

Hi there,

this morning I did follow Deano’s instructions, but didn’t try to perform Knurpht’s instructions (from post #9) after that. I just did now and they actually did work. That is, sax2 did run but it was no different from when I just start sax2 from the graphical environment (Windowmaker in my case). The screen is still stretched as it was from the beginning. Also it keeps going back to some AUO screen, even though I set it back to the LCD with the proper ratio every time and set the ratio to 16:9 in the next tab.

Anyone still got a clue?

Cheers,
Vinay

deano_ferrari · September 18, 2009, 11:49pm

this morning I did follow Deano’s instructions, but didn’t try to perform Knurpht’s instructions (from post #9) after that. I just did now and they actually did work.

Once you make custom edits to xorg.conf, it is not advisable to run sax2 at all -it may simply delete or alter your edits.

These two options

Option “IgnoreEDID” “on”
Option “NoDDC” “on”

normally go in the device section (but I’m not sure if it matters).

The screen is still stretched as it was from the beginning. Also it keeps going back to some AUO screen, even though I set it back to the LCD with the proper ratio every time and set the ratio to 16:9 in the next tab.

I’m a bit confused about this bit. Is this occurring when you try to configure monitor via sax2?

Are you able to get a desktop at the desired 1366x768 resolution? Can you post your entire current xorg.conf? You may wish to upload it to pastebin and just include the link to it in your post.

user · September 29, 2009, 4:10am

Hm, I just came here to say that I do not know how to solve your problem
Basically this is a problem related to the fact that the driver for the graphics chipset in our aspire ones (I have a 751h) is all messed up and only works in Ubuntu (apparently because Dell was committed to making it work). As I prefer openSuse to (X/K)Ubuntu, I decided to stick to this favorite in spite of the stretchy screen.

Here are some links related to the issue:
https://features.opensuse.org/306413
AdamW on Linux and more » Blog Archive » Poulsbo update

I have tried to build the .src.rpm files pointed to by the text in this second link, but the whole process did not work because some fc11 packages were necessary. However, as suggested by the comments by toalex77, someone was able to make it work in the beginning of this month.

I am also interested in getting a working package, but not so devoted into actually making it work, so I would appreciate if some drivers could pop up into my package list Maybe you want to vote up for the feature I pointed to above.

Cheers

deano_ferrari · September 29, 2009, 4:47am

Hi obernardo. Have you tried testing your hardware with openSUSE 11.2 M7 or simlilar? Might be worth a go, as it uses later Xorg release. Disappointing if its still a mess…

vinay_r · September 29, 2009, 4:16pm

Hi,

sorry for my late response. I left the computer alone for a while, focus a bit on different stuff. Anyway, I put the two lines suggested by Deano in the “Device” section and didn’t run SaX afterwards.

/etc/X11/xorg.conf looks like this now:

# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2009-09-18T14:56:04+0200.
#
# 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       "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
  Option       "ZapWarning" "on"
EndSection

Section "Module"
  Load         "dri"
  Load         "dbe"
  Load         "freetype"
  Load         "extmod"
  Load         "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "kbd"
  Identifier   "Keyboard[0]"
  Option       "Protocol" "Standard"
  Option       "XkbLayout" "us"
  Option       "XkbModel" "microsoftpro"
  Option       "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "synaptics"
  Identifier   "Mouse[1]"
  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[3]"
  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"
  Option       "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool"
  DisplaySize  270 152
  HorizSync    46-49
  Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
  ModelName    "1366X768@60HZ"
  Option       "DPMS"
  Option       "PreferredMode" "1366x768"
  VendorName   "--> LCD"
  VertRefresh  59-61
  UseModes     "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Modes"
  Identifier   "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      15
    Modes      "default" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      16
    Modes      "default" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      24
    Modes      "default" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      8
    Modes      "default" 
  EndSubSection
  Device       "Device[0]"
  Identifier   "Screen[0]"
  Monitor      "Monitor[0]"
EndSection


Section "Device"
  BoardName    "Framebuffer Graphics"
  Driver       "fbdev"
  Identifier   "Device[0]"
  VendorName   "VESA"
  Option 	"IgnoreEDID" "on"
  Option	"NoDDC" "on"
EndSection



Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier   "Layout[all]"
  InputDevice  "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
  InputDevice  "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
  InputDevice  "Mouse[3]" "SendCoreEvents"
  Option       "Clone" "off"
  Option       "Xinerama" "off"
  Screen       "Screen[0]"
EndSection


Section "DRI"
    Group      "video"
    Mode       0660
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
EndSection

A bit disappointing to find out that is bound to fail as Obernardo implies. And still, the author of the instructions on the SuSE site does it on exactly the same Acer 751h with exactly the same SuSE 11.1. Should be possible to get it to work, right?

Cheers,
Vinay

deano_ferrari · September 29, 2009, 10:02pm

Hi vinay_r. Although you added these options

Option “IgnoreEDID” “on”
Option “NoDDC” “on”

you don’t appear to have

1)any modelines included (in modes section)
2)your graphics driver (in device section) is shown as ‘Driver “fbdev”’

so I wouldn’t expect that to work properly. The first 2 options are included to explicitly use manual modelines where included.

vinay_r · September 30, 2009, 10:20am

Hi Deano,

to be honest configuring the system like this is still a bit like magic to me. Do you have any suggestions for modelines and what I should set as graphics driver? As for the latter, that would probably be the one Obernando is looking for as well.

Thank you,
Vinay