System won’t retain 16:9 display size setting in YaST (SaX2). I’m using SuSE 11.1 (64 bit).
SaX2 settings as follows:
Monitor is Samsung Syncmaster XL2370-1 (digital). Resolution is set to 1920X1080 (1080p). Diagonal measurement set to 23 inches. Display size indicates 509 m.m. X 286 m.m. (20 3/8" X 11 1/2").
Aspect ratio is entered as 16:9, but after saving and restarting computer it keeps coming back as 16:10.
Samsung literature says 16:9, and measurements above confirm this.
So why does it keep going back to 16:10, and how can I get it to retain 16:9? (Same thing happens on another computer, also running SuSE 11.1, and with a second of these same monitors.)
I typed “nvidia-settings” into the console. I assume that’s what you meant. But I don’t see anywhere to set 16:9. Am I missing something in one of those screens?
I wouldn’t trust xrandr, sax2 or in my case the display tool in gnome too mutch, they have all proved to be wrong, although this is in 11.3 i wouldn’t be surprised if it’s so in 11.1 too.
The ultimate test is to use the information you can get from your monitors On Screen Display, nobody knows better than the one who’s doing the final job!
Output of xrandr is as follows:
gil@phred:~> xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 175, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 1920 x 1080
default connected 1920x1080+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1920x1080 50.0*
The output of xrandr confirms that your current display mode is 1920x1080@50Hz (ie the one with asterisk). If you do this calculation 1920/1080 * 9 = 16, which means its a 16:9 format (assuming pixel density is same vertiacally and horizontally).
Now xrandr IS reliable as far as displaying modes known to it by EDID from connected display devices. Open source drivers tend to be more complient with it.
Deano, from the output of xsandr should I then conclude that despite SaX2 showing 16:10 in the drop-down box I am actually getting the 16:9 I want?
Many thanks.
socref
