Re: [opensuse] nVidia GeForce 8500GT Belinea 103035W OpenSUSE 11.1 Woes

LLLActive@xxxxxxx wrote:
Hi David,

David C. Rankin wrote:
Rodney Baker wrote:

On Sat, 2 May 2009 05:57:54 LLLActive@xxxxxxx wrote:

Hi all,

I am short of giving up. I have:

OpenSuSE 11.1 : 2.6.27.21-0.1-default #1 SMP 2009-03-31 14:50:44 +0200
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

nVidea GeForce 8500GT recognised by OpenSUSE 11.1

Belinea 103035W NOT in the Monitor List of YaST.
I use LCD and set up as in the technical specs of the manufacturer:
LCD 1680X1050@60 Hz
Display size: 20.1 Inch (X-axis 433mm x Y-Axis 271mm)
Aspect Ratio: 16/10
Sync Ferq: Horiz: 31 - 83 KHz ; Vert: 56 - 75 Hz

The round objects look like the flattened earth! Everything is pulled in
the Horizontal direction. I tried every setup possibility. No change

Anyone got an Idea how to get it right?

It was correct in OpenSUSE 10.3!

TIA

Al

What resolution is your system actually trying to use? What video drivers are
you using - the nvidia proprietary ones or the nv open source drivers?

If you are using the nvidia drivers, install and setup the display using the
nvidia control panel rather than Yast2.

Alternatively, you may have to manually edit the modeline parameters in
/etc/X11/xorg.conf. David C Rankin mentioned a cli utility for calculating the

You need to calculate the Generalized Timing Formula you say? Then you need:

gtf

Usage:

gtf h-resolution v-resolution refresh

Example:

gtf 1680 1050 60

# 1680x1050 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 65.22 kHz; pclk: 147.14 MHz
Modeline "1680x1050_60.00" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087
-HSync +Vsync

OK I get the same.
You can plug that modeline into you xorg.conf

exactly where? Does it come under Section "Monitor" or Section "Device"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mine are:

Section "Monitor"
Option "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool"
DisplaySize 433 271
HorizSync 31-83
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "1680X1050@60HZ"
Option "DPMS"
Option "PreferredMode" "1680x1050"
VendorName "--> LCD"
VertRefresh 56-75
UseModes "Modes[0]"
Option "UseEDID" "FALSE"
EndSection

...

Section "Device"
BoardName "GeForce 8500 GT"
Driver "nvidia"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Option "SaXDualHead"
Option "TwinView"
Option "SaXDualMonitorVendor" "--> VESA"
Option "SaXDualOrientation" "RightOf"
Option "MetaModes"
"1680x1050,1280x1024;1600x1024,1280x1024;1600x1000,1280x1024;1400x1050,1280x1024;1600x900,1280x1024;1280x1024,1280x1024;1440x900,1440x900;1280x960,1280x960;1366x768,1366x768;1360x768,1360x768;1280x800,1280x800;1152x864,1152x864;1280x768,1280x768;1280x720,1280x720;1024x768,1024x768;1280x600,1280x600;1024x600,1024x600;800x600,800x600;768x576,768x576;640x480,640x480"
Option "SaXDualResolution" "1280x1024"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
Option "SaXDualMode" "Clone"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50-60"
Option "SaXDualHSync" "31-64"
Option "SaXDualMonitorModel" "1280X1024@60HZ"
Option "SaXDualVSync" "50-60"
VendorName "NVIDIA"
EndSection

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



However, for your squashed earth problem. Open your xorg.conf and make sure
the "Driver" line does *not* say 'vesafb', if it does, then change it to 'nv'
and restart kde.
I see it is "nvidia". I have tried "nv" before, but the "nvidia" drivers
seem to work. What is the "nv" driver called these days. I can not see
it in the YaST repos. I can also recall that using Vesa does not work.
LCD does allow an almost round circle. It is still slightly "flat earthed".
I wrote a bug on this during 11.1 beta testing but maybe the
fix doesn't work with your hardware.




TIA

Al



Here is my xorg using the nvidia driver showing the monitor setup.

NOTE: Most of the time you do NOT have to supply a modeline, but if for some
reason your box isn't getting the edid info for your monitor, it may be necessary.

14:18 ecstasy:~> cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2009-04-10T22:51:45-0500.
#
# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@xxxxxxx>, 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 "dbe"
Load "type1"
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 "evdev"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "HWHEELRelativeAxisButtons" "7 6"
Option "InputFashion" "Mouse"
Option "Name" "Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer"
Option "Pass" "3"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
Option "evBits" "+1-2"
Option "keyBits" "~272-287"
Option "relBits" "~0-2 ~6 ~8"
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 475 295
HorizSync 30-66
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "1680X1050@60HZ"
Option "DPMS"
Option "PreferredMode" "1680x1050"
VendorName "--> LCD"
VertRefresh 50-61
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection


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


Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1280x1024"
"1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720"
"1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1280x1024"
"1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720"
"1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1280x1024"
"1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720"
"1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1280x1024"
"1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720"
"1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection


Section "Device"
BoardName "GeForce 8800 GT"
BusID "2:0:0"
Driver "nvidia"
Identifier "Device[0]"
VendorName "NVIDIA"
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


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