Thanks again, Felix, for your comments. Gil
On Tue January 1 2008, Felix Miata scratched these words onto a coconut shell, hoping for an answer: > Your basic problem is something causing bad DPI values. That's highly > likely in part due to lack of EDID and DDC in your old Viewsonic, but > it's coupled with the age of your i845G, and the buggy Xorg and video > drivers in 10.3. Because your screen, regardless of any traditional > resolution you choose other than 1280x1024, is 4:3, both reported DPI > numbers should either match exactly, or differ by no more than 2. > Note that currently there's more than one basis and report of DPI. > Ultimately, all need to match for everything in X to work right. > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2007-October/126426.ht >ml OK, read through this, but it's really at a level far above my understanding of computers. > First try following the instructions here: > http://www.suse.com/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/10.3/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html >#13 This is the same URL Jan pointed me to in previous e-mail. In my earlier response I noted that the driver shown in the output of "hwinfo --gfxcard" is i810_smbus. However, see below for what seems to be a different output notation for the driver. > If that doesn't do it, first check for a motherboard BIOS upgrade (as > it includes your video BIOS), as that helped on my i854G box. Likely > that won't help, but it might. I'll have to check with e-Machines. Seems to me that I tried to get an upgraded for the BIOS a couple of years ago and was told that there was not one. I'll call them tomorrow to find out. > If not, then read this: > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331609 . If you can't > figure out what to do from that, take a further look at DPI generally > starting with the links at > http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/auth/Font/fonts-linux-about.html, Read through these and, again, they're just way over my head. I am definitely not a sophisticated user. ;o) > then > report back with the content of /etc/X11/xorg.conf and > /var/log/Xorg.0.log for further help. OK, first here is the output of /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Under the section "device" it shows the driver as "intel." That's not the same as the "i810_smbus" driver indicated in "hwinfo --gfxcard." Is this contradictory or am I the one that's confused? # /.../ # SaX generated X11 config file # Created on: 2008-01-01T11:27:13-0500. # # Version: 8.1 # Contact: Marcus Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 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/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/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled" FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts" FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts" InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata" InputDevices "/dev/input/mice" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "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 "mouse" Identifier "Mouse[1]" Option "Buttons" "14" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Name" "Logitech USB Receiver" Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2" Option "Vendor" "Sysp" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Monitor" DisplaySize 406 305 HorizSync 29-82 Identifier "Monitor[0]" ModelName "20G" Option "DPMS" VendorName "VIEWSONIC" VertRefresh 50-90 UseModes "Modes[0]" EndSection Section "Modes" Identifier "Modes[0]" Modeline "1280x768" 125.82 1280 1368 1504 1824 768 769 772 809 Modeline "1024x768" 100.19 1024 1088 1200 1376 768 769 772 809 Modeline "1024x768" 88.50 1024 1088 1200 1376 768 769 772 804 Modeline "1024x768" 76.16 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 800 Modeline "1024x768" 64.11 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795 Modeline "1280x600" 96.47 1280 1352 1488 1696 600 601 604 632 Modeline "1280x600" 84.54 1280 1344 1480 1680 600 601 604 629 Modeline "1280x600" 72.80 1280 1336 1472 1664 600 601 604 625 Modeline "1280x600" 61.50 1280 1336 1464 1648 600 601 604 622 Modeline "1024x600" 77.36 1024 1080 1192 1360 600 601 604 632 Modeline "1024x600" 67.63 1024 1080 1184 1344 600 601 604 629 Modeline "1024x600" 58.10 1024 1072 1176 1328 600 601 604 625 Modeline "1024x600" 48.96 1024 1064 1168 1312 600 601 604 622 Modeline "800x600" 60.07 800 840 928 1056 600 601 604 632 Modeline "800x600" 53.14 800 840 928 1056 600 601 604 629 Modeline "800x600" 45.50 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 625 Modeline "800x600" 38.22 800 832 912 1024 600 601 604 622 Modeline "768x576" 55.94 768 816 896 1024 576 577 580 607 Modeline "768x576" 48.71 768 808 888 1008 576 577 580 604 Modeline "768x576" 41.66 768 800 880 992 576 577 580 600 Modeline "768x576" 34.96 768 792 872 976 576 577 580 597 Modeline "640x480" 37.89 640 672 736 832 480 481 484 506 Modeline "640x480" 33.48 640 672 736 832 480 481 484 503 Modeline "640x480" 28.56 640 664 728 816 480 481 484 500 Modeline "640x480" 23.86 640 656 720 800 480 481 484 497 Modeline "1152x864" 128.42 1152 1232 1360 1568 864 865 868 910 Modeline "1152x864" 112.36 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 905 Modeline "1152x864" 96.77 1152 1224 1344 1536 864 865 868 900 Modeline "1152x864" 81.62 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895 Modeline "1024x768" 88.50 1024 1088 1200 1376 768 769 772 804 Modeline "1024x768" 76.16 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 800 Modeline "1024x768" 64.11 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795 Modeline "1024x600" 67.63 1024 1080 1184 1344 600 601 604 629 Modeline "1024x600" 58.10 1024 1072 1176 1328 600 601 604 625 Modeline "1024x600" 48.96 1024 1064 1168 1312 600 601 604 622 Modeline "800x600" 53.14 800 840 928 1056 600 601 604 629 Modeline "800x600" 45.50 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 625 Modeline "800x600" 38.22 800 832 912 1024 600 601 604 622 Modeline "768x576" 48.71 768 808 888 1008 576 577 580 604 Modeline "768x576" 41.66 768 800 880 992 576 577 580 600 Modeline "768x576" 34.96 768 792 872 976 576 577 580 597 Modeline "640x480" 33.48 640 672 736 832 480 481 484 503 Modeline "640x480" 28.56 640 664 728 816 480 481 484 500 Modeline "640x480" 23.86 640 656 720 800 480 481 484 497 EndSection Section "Screen" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "1280x768" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" EndSubSection Device "Device[0]" Identifier "Screen[0]" Monitor "Monitor[0]" EndSection Section "Device" BoardName "i845" BusID "0:2:0" Driver "intel" Identifier "Device[0]" Option "monitor-VGA" "Monitor[0]" Screen 0 VendorName "Intel" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout[all]" InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer" Option "Clone" "off" Option "Xinerama" "off" Screen "Screen[0]" EndSection Section "DRI" Group "video" Mode 0660 EndSection Section "Extensions" EndSection As for the output of /var/log/Xorg.0.log: It's more than 2300 lines. Since some of the list members may pay Internet usage fees by the KB downloaded, it's probably not so nice for me to post such a huge amount of info that may be of no interest to many. Should I send it directly to you, off-list? Or is it OK to report the entire contents of that large file here in a message to the SuSE list? Thanks. Gil -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
