I have Problems configering the XServer for my Notebook Toshiba Satellite 2410. This Notebook has a Nvidia Geforce4 420 go GPU. I had no Problems with earlier Versions of SuSE using the instructions at
Linux on Toshiba Satellite 2410
But now this dosen’t work. I can get only a resolution of 800x600 with a broad black stripe at right of the display.
Any help is welcome
Sorry I forgot to mention with wich SuSE Version I have the problems. It’s Open SuSE 11.0
Hello,
Was this problem with the Satellite 2410 ever resolved? I’m having the same problem but with OpenSuse 10.3
Thanks
More info. This LCD screen blanking problem started after I updated my OpenSuse 10.3.
As mentioned in my original post I could solve the problem with earlier versions of SuSE. I think 10.0 or 10.1 was the last I tried and had no Problem. I didn’t install 10.2 and 10.3 on the notebook.
I couldn’t resolve the problem with 11.0 until today, but I didn’t try much 
Perhaps I will try again next weekend… would be the first Linux-Problem with this notebook I could not fix
I was able to fix this problem for openSuse 10.3. It might work for openSuse 11. Got some info from here: HOWTO:Fix geforce 4 420 Go black screen problem - Page 3 - Ubuntu Forums
-download Toshiba_s_1410.bin from Index of /user-accounts/ursvik/EDID
-copy Toshiba_s_1410.bin to /usr/lib
-modified /etc/X11/xorg.conf
-In the screen section, add…
Option “UseDisplayDevice” “DFP-0”
-In the monitor section, add…
Option “CustomEDID” “DFP-0:/usr/lib/Toshiba_s_1410.bin”
This solved the blank screen for me. There is a caveat though. If I were to use Control Center>Graphics Card and Monitor to modify anything, the /etc/X11/xorg.conf would be overwritten and I would have to perform the modification all over again.
If you know of a way to solve this, do let me know. 
Good luck.
Just out of curiosity. Was this similar to the method that you used to solve your issue?
Hi buzlite,
thanx for the tip. I think that might work with 11.0 too. I will try it the next days.
For the moment I have no idea to get it work with the control center. But I will have a closer look on it…
And no it’s not the same solution as with previous SuSE versions. My former solution worked just by editing the xorg.conf. With some SuSE versions I had also to compile and install the nvidia driver manually. That would have been my next try without an alternate solution. The bad thing about this is that you have to do this again after every kernel update…