Re: [opensuse] Problem with Acer Wide screen

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:07 AM, Cornelius Franken
<Cornelius.Franken@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


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From: John Andersen [mailto:jsamyth@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 20 April 2008 08:57 AM
Cc: opensuse Linux
Subject: Re: [opensuse] Problem with Acer Wide screen

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Bikram Chatterjee <razorpeak@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> SuSE 10.3 is not using the full screen of Acer AL1516W monitor. It
> looks fine during the boot (i.e. the boot splash spread the entire
> sceern) but from the login screen onwards only virtical middle region
> of the screen is used, leaving a band of black unused screen on each
> side. The recomended resolution of my screen is 1280X800@60Hz. I was
> unable to find my model in the list of monitor manufacturer under
Acer
> -- so I am using VESA.
>
> How can I get to use the entire screen?
> Please help.
>
> Bikram

> This is almost always related to the video chipset. So first find
> out what video chip is in your machine and start from there.
> Google is your friend in this.

> There seems to be a lot of this problem going around lately.

I had a similar problem with my LG Flatron. After installing the video
drivers for my NVIDIA 8600GT it cured the problem. Seems like the video
chipset detection is still a little flaky (hint development team). If
you can identify the chipset you should be able to get a driver from the
makers website and installing that should solve your problems.

True. Although in the case of Nvidia, I believe it is a case of patents
and non-open driver code.

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