Wrong screen resolution Intel GM965 with OpenSUSE 11

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#1

My laptop (Fujitsu Siemens S7210) had the correct scren resolution (1280x800 @ 60Hz) under OpenSUSE 10.3 but having now installed the latest version the resolution set by Yast is 1152x768 @ 54.8Hz. I can’t work out how to force it to the correct resolution - anyone have any ideas? Ubuntu 8.04 uses the correct resolution.

The entry in xorg.conf has

Section “Monitor”
DisplaySize 304 190
HorizSync 30-52
Identifier “Monitor[0]”
ModelName “1280X800@60HZ”
Option “DPMS”
Option “PreferredMode” “1280x800”
VendorName “–> LCD”
VertRefresh 50-60
UseModes “Modes[0]”
EndSection

Section “Modes”
Identifier “Modes[0]”
EndSection

Section “Screen”
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection “Display”
Depth 15
Modes “1280x800” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 16
Modes “1280x800” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “1280x800” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 8
Modes “1280x800” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
EndSubSection
Device “Device[0]”
Identifier “Screen[0]”
Monitor “Monitor[0]”
EndSection

Section “Device”
BoardName “965 GM”
BusID “0:2:0”
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”
Option “Clone” “off”
Option “Xinerama” “off”
Screen “Screen[0]”
EndSection

Section “DRI”
Group “video”
Mode 0660
EndSection

Section “Extensions”
Option “Composite” “on”
EndSection

#2

Try SaX2 and see if that will resolve the problem. I also think you will find there is another thread about this problem but I’m not sure where.

#3

You could try setting it in yast, I suppose your intel driver
uses randr 1.2. Do as follows in yast:

system>/etc/sysconf editor
set desktop>display manager>displaymanager_randr_mode_auto to
1280x800_60

#4

Installed all the latest updates then ‘SaX2 -r’ did the trick - thanks for pointing me in the right direction.