On Tuesday, 2 July 2024 19:58:59 BST Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > New monitor came in. Found it on my porch. Unboxed it and hooked it > up. Started with no xorg.conf file. It's high res, plasma comes up so > all that is fine. Now comes the problem. Everything is HUGE. Even on > SDDM screen, it's like it is zoomed in or something. Icons are huge, > fonts are huge. I think what it is doing is this, and it may be the > video card. I think it is thinking I have four monitors set up as one > large screen. With this one monitor, I'm seeing the top left monitor > but not seeing the rest since I only have one monitor connected. I > might add, when I click to logout, that screen is huge too. > > I generated a xorg.conf with the nvidia tool. No change. I tried > removing options that I thought might cause this largeness problem. I > even rebooted. No change. I open the Nvidia GUI software and tried > adjusting things there. No change. I compared the setting to my main > rig, other than the difference in the cards, all settings appear to be > the same including what should be displayed where. The resolution is > correct too. > > Is it possible this card functions differently than my usual cards? > Someone mentioned these tend to be used in a business system which could > mean they use four monitors for one large display, for presentations or > something. Is there something I need to disable or enable so the card > knows I want independent monitors maybe? > > I'm attaching the xorg.conf file, including options I commented out. I > also checked the logs, no errors or anything. It's just the usual > things like mouse and keyboard loading and it finding the monitor > connected, unlike the old LG. Maybe someone here as ran into this at > work or for a client and has a idea on how to fix or that this card is > not designed for my use. > > While I'm waiting on a reply, I'm going to try one of my older spare > video cards. If it works fine, it could be the new video card is set up > to work this way. May not can even change it. > > Thanks. > > Dale > > :-) :-)
If it is this *this* monitor: https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/monitors/flat/32--s30b-fhd-75hz-amd-freesync-monitor-ls32b300nwnxgo/#specs you should be able to set: Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Samsung LS32B30" HorizSync 30.0 - 84.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0 Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1080_75.00" Option "DPMS" EndSection for better responsiveness with less flicker when watching sports. Did you comment out all the #lines in the "Screen" section, rather than letting nvidia set configure it as it needs to? Set the screen to the desired resolution to match the monitor, e.g.: Option "metamodes" "1920x1080 +0+0" and it should scale correctly. Also check if "Samsung Magic Upscale" has been enabled and this affects what screen size is eventually displayed on the monitor: https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00086623/
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