On 2007/12/31 20:20 (GMT-0500) [EMAIL PROTECTED] apparently typed: > 1) Before the upgrade to 10.3 (when both the desktop and laptop were > 10.0) images looked the same on both. I could build a powerpoint > presentation on the desktop and it looked the same on the laptop. > Pictures looked the same. So prior to the upgrade everything was great.
> 2) Ignore the laptop for a moment. Powerpoint presentations and .jpgs > that were on the desktop computer (10.0) prior to the upgrade now look > wrong on the upgraded desktop (10.3). So images that previously looked > landscape rectangular on the desktop now look square. > I only mentioned the laptop as a note of comparison between a 10.0 set > up that seems to work properly and a 10.3 set up that does not. There are many hardware configurations in 10.3 that are tricky to get right. This was quite uncommonly a problem in 10.0. Usually YaST installer got it right and there was nothing left for a user to do, infrequently not the case in 10.3. > That said, here's the information you requested: > For the 10.3 desktop being viewed on a 20" Viewsonic 20 monitor: That particular model doesn't seem to exist on http://www.viewsonic.com/ . Is it a CRT? > xdpyinfo | grep resolution > 80X64 dots per inch My 20" Viewsonic http://www.viewsonic.com/products/lcddisplays/graphicseries/vg2021m/ is 1400x1050 and 87.5 x 87.5 DPI. A 20" at 1280x1024 should be about 82 X 82; at 1600x1200 about 100 X 100. 80 X 64 can be expected to squish objects narrower than their natural aspect. > xdpyinfo | grep dimensions > 1280X768 pixels 406X305 mm Those are incompatible, so something's radically messed up somewhere. 1280x768 doesn't compute to any standard aspect ratio, while 406 X 305 indicates a standard 4:3 ratio. IIRC some LCD TVs use 1280x768, but most TVs & PC displays you'll find somewhere in the table on http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/auth/displays.html > And for the 10.0 LinuxCertified laptop > xdpyinfo | grep resolution > 86X84 dots per inch So this laptop has about a 15" screen? > xdpyinfo | grep dimensions > 1024X768 pixels 302X232 mm 1024 X 768 is the most common PC display resolution, but 302 X 232 isn't quite a standard 4:3 aspect ratio, nor even close to any 16:10 resolution. > Note: the resolution on the laptop cannot be increased. It is at its > limit. So the laptop is an XGA model (1024x768 native resolution)? Most newer stuff is widescreen and starts at 1280 X 800 (WXGA). What gfxcards chips are in these systems? Take a read of http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/auth/Font/fonts-linux-about.html if you have some time to kill waiting. -- Jesus Christ, the reason for the season. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
