RE: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MHR Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:06 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Sorin Srbu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dunno' what to tell you more. Most of the hints I told you have worked for me, maybe somebody else can help you? I appreciate your efforts - at least I've eliminated a lot of things that are not the problem LOL! Yeah, I guess those are as good a start as any. 8-) FWIW, most of the problems *I* have with linux are related to X in one way or other, so you're not alone in this. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MHR Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:08 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen Also, do you have a way to connect the monitor to a computer running eg Windows, just to see it's CentOS and Gnome that's giving you grief and not the hardware? I can do that, but since it works up to the login in wide screen mode, I'm fairly certain that it is the gdm (GNOME). Ah, right, forgot about that. Did you ever try with another monitor, but use same settings etc with X? What I'm drifting at here, is to see if the same happens with other monitors in order to make really sure it actually is gdm causing the problem and not your new monitor. I know you said it works at some points, but we've kinda' come to the road's end, as it were, so trying out even the farfetched solutions etc, would make sense now I think. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen - SOLVED
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MHR Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 5:05 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen - SOLVED Thanks to Ritesh Khadgaray: Is there anything I'm missing? Some other configuration file or record somewhere I need to tweak? with gconf-editor, check /desktop/gnome/screen/default/0/resolution . That was it! Huh? You fixed it? smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen - SOLVED
MHR wrote: Thanks to Ritesh Khadgaray: Is there anything I'm missing? Some other configuration file or record somewhere I need to tweak? with gconf-editor, check /desktop/gnome/screen/default/0/resolution . -- Ritesh Khadgaray ?Ph: +919970164885 ?Desktop LinuX N Stuff, RHCE Software Maintenance Engineer, Pune, Red Hat That was it! Yes ... there are 2 places to set this, one is controlled by the resolution setting the other is controlled by the Display setting. They are at System = Preferences = Screen Resolution and System = Administration = Display in the Main Menu. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen - SOLVED
Yes ... there are 2 places to set this, one is controlled by the resolution setting the other is controlled by the Display setting. They are at System = Preferences = Screen Resolution and System = Administration = Display in the Main Menu. I had an identical problem at work yesterday with a brand new Samsung 2243BW 22 LCD monitor (1680x1050), using CentOS 5.1. No matter what combination of things I tried at the two locations above, or in xorg.conf, I couldn't get the resolution right, the screen was obviously stretched horizontally and the fonts fuzzy. Since I mostly write code in a console, I eventually just replaced the monitor with the original and got back to work :-) Mick ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen - SOLVED
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 2:49 AM, Johnny Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes ... there are 2 places to set this, one is controlled by the resolution setting the other is controlled by the Display setting. They are at System = Preferences = Screen Resolution and System = Administration = Display in the Main Menu. Doh! I forgot all about the preference setting Ah, well, a little older, a little wiser, a lot grayer Thanks. mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MHR Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 5:56 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen [Lots removed] What am I missing? Did you get the latest drivers for your gfx-card from Nvidia? FWIW, I have a same-rezed monitor as you do, and it works for me, both with CentOS and RHEL3, but I had to download and install the newest proprietary drivers from Nvidia to get that [weird] resolution working. HTH. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MJT Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:57 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen On Tuesday 29 July 2008 9:55:50 pm MHR wrote: I just put a 1680x1050 LCD monitor on my home system, and I went into system-config-display to configure it as such, and it just won't take. SNIP Any suggestions? It's really annoying to have a wide screen and not be able to use it I don't have my Samsung wide screen hooked up to my centos[...] I forgot to add to my previous post, that I too have a Samsung monitor. Look into newer drivers for the gfx-card first. HTH. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 11:58 PM, Sorin Srbu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you get the latest drivers for your gfx-card from Nvidia? FWIW, I have a same-rezed monitor as you do, and it works for me, both with CentOS and RHEL3, but I had to download and install the newest proprietary drivers from Nvidia to get that [weird] resolution working. I am running CentOS 5.2 x86_64, kernel 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5.nx (the nx means this is the stock CentOS 5.2 kernel plus NTFS read/write compiled in), nvidia driver version 173.14.09. Still does not work. The boot screen, anaconda screens and boot progress screens and the login screen are all 1680x1050. But when I log in, I get the message analog (d-sub) fom the monitor, and the gdm screen is 1280x1024, no matter what else I do. My xorg.conf now only has the one mode in it (1680x1050), but that doesn't work, and system-config-display will change it to 1680x1050, but it doesn't stick. I used to be able to fool s-c-d into using a generic CRT, but that doesn't work any more - ithe LCD 1680x1050 seems to stick, just not GNOME's ability to use it. There has to be some little thing I'm missing here - is there any old setting file I need to remove or anything like that? I uninstalled the nfidia driver from dkms and removed all related files that I could find. Yoik. mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 1:54 AM, MHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 11:58 PM, Sorin Srbu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you get the latest drivers for your gfx-card from Nvidia? FWIW, I have a same-rezed monitor as you do, and it works for me, both with CentOS and RHEL3, but I had to download and install the newest proprietary drivers from Nvidia to get that [weird] resolution working. I am running CentOS 5.2 x86_64, kernel 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5.nx (the nx means this is the stock CentOS 5.2 kernel plus NTFS read/write compiled in), nvidia driver version 173.14.09. Still does not work. The boot screen, anaconda screens and boot progress screens and the login screen are all 1680x1050. But when I log in, I get the message analog (d-sub) fom the monitor, and the gdm screen is 1280x1024, no matter what else I do. My xorg.conf now only has the one mode in it (1680x1050), but that doesn't work, and system-config-display will change it to 1680x1050, but it doesn't stick. I used to be able to fool s-c-d into using a generic CRT, but that doesn't work any more - ithe LCD 1680x1050 seems to stick, just not GNOME's ability to use it. There has to be some little thing I'm missing here - is there any old setting file I need to remove or anything like that? I uninstalled the nfidia driver from dkms and removed all related files that I could find. Oh, the monitor is an Emprex LE22A3 (21.6 1680x1050 WSXGA). mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MHR Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:55 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen I used to be able to fool s-c-d into using a generic CRT, but that doesn't work any more - ithe LCD 1680x1050 seems to stick, just not GNOME's ability to use it. About that generic CRT, have you by any chance tried generic lcd instead? Was your system fully updated? Can't recall if you mentioned this. Per chance you're missing some updated gnome-stuff? smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 20:55 -0700, MHR wrote: Any suggestions? It's really annoying to have a wide screen and not be able to use it Thanks. mhr What am I missing? Not sure but here is my xorg.conf if you care to try it. Viewsonic 2200 series at 1680x1050 with nv driver. # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display Section ServerLayout Identifier single head configuration Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard0 Driver kbd Option XkbModel pc105 Option XkbLayout us EndSection Section Device Identifier Videocard0 Driver nv EndSection Section Screen Identifier Screen0 Device Videocard0 DefaultDepth 24 SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes1680x1050 1600x1200 1600x1024 1440x900 1400x1050 1280x1024 1280x960 1280x800 1152x864 1152x768 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection EndSection HTH. B.J. CentOS 5.2, Linux 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5 athlon 06:19:08 up 20:16, 2 users, load average: 0.17, 0.16, 0.10 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
On Jul 29, 2008, at 23:55, MHR wrote: Any suggestions? It's really annoying to have a wide screen and not be able to use it Try letting the nvidia installer generate the xorg.conf file (and then possibly tweak it by hand later). Or try the following xorg.conf file which works for me an autodetects any type of display I've attached to my CentOS systems, including wide screens: # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Mon May 19 00:33:37 PDT 2008 # Xorg configuration created by pyxf86config Section ServerLayout Identifier Default Layout Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDeviceMouse0 CorePointer InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard EndSection Section InputDevice # generated from default Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse Option Protocol auto Option Device /dev/input/mice Option Emulate3Buttons no Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard0 Driver kbd Option XkbModel pc105 Option XkbLayout us EndSection Section Monitor Identifier Monitor0 VendorName Unknown ModelName Unknown HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0 Option DPMS EndSection Section Device Identifier Videocard0 Driver nvidia EndSection Section Screen Identifier Screen0 Device Videocard0 MonitorMonitor0 DefaultDepth24 SubSection Display Viewport0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:41 AM, Alfred von Campe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try letting the nvidia installer generate the xorg.conf file (and then possibly tweak it by hand later). That's where I started Or try the following xorg.conf file which works for me an autodetects any type of display I've attached to my CentOS systems, including wide screens: # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Mon May 19 00:33:37 PDT 2008 # Xorg configuration created by pyxf86config Section ServerLayout Identifier Default Layout Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDeviceMouse0 CorePointer InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard EndSection Section InputDevice # generated from default Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse Option Protocol auto Option Device /dev/input/mice Option Emulate3Buttons no Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard0 Driver kbd Option XkbModel pc105 Option XkbLayout us EndSection Section Monitor Identifier Monitor0 VendorName Unknown ModelName Unknown HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0 Option DPMS EndSection Section Device Identifier Videocard0 Driver nvidia EndSection Section Screen Identifier Screen0 Device Videocard0 MonitorMonitor0 DefaultDepth24 SubSection Display Viewport0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection No help, but it was worth a shot mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:41 AM, Alfred von Campe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try letting the nvidia installer generate the xorg.conf file (and then possibly tweak it by hand later). Or try the following xorg.conf file which works for me an autodetects any type of display I've attached to my CentOS systems, including wide screens: # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Mon May 19 00:33:37 PDT 2008 snip No change, although I did notice that when I log out (or ctlaltbs), the analog (d-sub) message appears when the login screen takes over and the display goes back to 1680x1050 (the login screen), so that wasn't it. Something is resetting the video mode to 1280x1024 when GNOME comes up - is there any file other than xorg.conf that might cause this? Thanks to all so far. mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 7:58 AM, MHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Something is resetting the video mode to 1280x1024 when GNOME comes up - is there any file other than xorg.conf that might cause this? I'm not sure if this is related, but compiz won't do large resolutions. I had to switch to metacity to get gnome to run at 1280x1024. That was on my work laptop running ubuntu, though, so take it with the appropriate grain of salt. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 07:58 -0700, MHR wrote: On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:41 AM, Alfred von Campe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try letting the nvidia installer generate the xorg.conf file (and then possibly tweak it by hand later). Or try the following xorg.conf file which works for me an autodetects any type of display I've attached to my CentOS systems, including wide screens: # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Mon May 19 00:33:37 PDT 2008 snip No change, although I did notice that when I log out (or ctlaltbs), the analog (d-sub) message appears when the login screen takes over and the display goes back to 1680x1050 (the login screen), so that wasn't it. Something is resetting the video mode to 1280x1024 when GNOME comes up - is there any file other than xorg.conf that might cause this? Keep in mind that I'm ignorant. You had mentioned earlier that it not only changed resolution, but revereted to analog monitor. I don't know if this will help, but have you run kudzu? Check /etc/sysconfig/hwconf. /VIDEO/ You should see your new monitor in there. I don't know enough to know if this has an effect though. I presume that when X terminates, the driver is unloaded. When it starts up again, the driver would be reloaded. I don't know if DDC gets involved here or not. Check your X logs (/var/log/X.[0-9].log for messages. Thanks to all so far. mhr snip sig stuff HTH -- Bill ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 9:58 AM, MHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:41 AM, Alfred von Campe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try letting the nvidia installer generate the xorg.conf file (and then possibly tweak it by hand later). Or try the following xorg.conf file which works for me an autodetects any type of display I've attached to my CentOS systems, including wide screens: # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Mon May 19 00:33:37 PDT 2008 snip No change, although I did notice that when I log out (or ctlaltbs), the analog (d-sub) message appears when the login screen takes over and the display goes back to 1680x1050 (the login screen), so that wasn't it. Something is resetting the video mode to 1280x1024 when GNOME comes up - is there any file other than xorg.conf that might cause this? Thanks to all so far. I wonder if this is related to a problem I had, 1 or 2 years ago, where system-config-display (?) said that it was updating xorg.conf, but, in fact, it did not update it. Sometimes the GUIs do not work as advertised. There was some command which ended in --rebuild (?) to generate a completely new xorg.conf file. Possibly that would help you, with part of this problem? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MHR Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 4:36 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen About that generic CRT, have you by any chance tried generic lcd instead? That's wher it's stuck - can't seem to get back to cCRT. Was your system fully updated? Can't recall if you mentioned this. Per chance you're missing some updated gnome-stuff? Always fully updated. Dunno' what to tell you more. Most of the hints I told you have worked for me, maybe somebody else can help you? smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MHR Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 4:59 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:41 AM, Alfred von Campe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try letting the nvidia installer generate the xorg.conf file (and then possibly tweak it by hand later). Or try the following xorg.conf file which works for me an autodetects any type of display I've attached to my CentOS systems, including wide screens: # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Mon May 19 00:33:37 PDT 2008 snip No change, although I did notice that when I log out (or ctlaltbs), the analog (d-sub) message appears when the login screen takes over and the display goes back to 1680x1050 (the login screen), so that wasn't it. Something is resetting the video mode to 1280x1024 when GNOME comes up - is there any file other than xorg.conf that might cause this? Thanks to all so far. Do you have some setting on your actual monitor-hardware you can tweak? You know how most lcd-monitors have auto-settings enabled. Maybe something there is ducking with your x-configs? FWIW, I've seen problems when I've had lcd-monitors connected over a kvm-switch and/or monitor-cable extenders. Sometimes the OS just can't correctly identify the monitor and the only way to fix it is to connect the montor directly to the computer at least once to properly identify it. Also, do you have a way to connect the monitor to a computer running eg Windows, just to see it's CentOS and Gnome that's giving you grief and not the hardware? smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Bart Schaefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure if this is related, but compiz won't do large resolutions. I had to switch to metacity to get gnome to run at 1280x1024. That was on my work laptop running ubuntu, though, so take it with the appropriate grain of salt. I use metacity, too. Thanks. mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 8:37 AM, William L. Maltby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Keep in mind that I'm ignorant. We all know that, Bill - that's why I'm here, too. (No, not your ignorance, mine! :-) You had mentioned earlier that it not only changed resolution, but revereted to analog monitor. I don't know if this will help, but have you run kudzu? Check /etc/sysconfig/hwconf. /VIDEO/ It's only connected via the analog cable. First, outside of GNOME, it works in full wide screen mode, so I don't think that's it, and second, I don't know if there is enough advantage to invest in a DVI cable. I'll look, though, tonight, when I get a chance. You should see your new monitor in there. I don't know enough to know if this has an effect though. I presume that when X terminates, the driver is unloaded. When it starts up again, the driver would be reloaded. I don't know if DDC gets involved here or not. Based on the comments that get inserted in my xorg.conf file by the nvidia xconfig, I'm guessing no since I have specified the frequency ranges (from the manual), and when I didn't, it still didn't work. Check your X logs (/var/log/X.[0-9].log for messages. Good point Thanks. mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Lanny Marcus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder if this is related to a problem I had, 1 or 2 years ago, where system-config-display (?) said that it was updating xorg.conf, but, in fact, it did not update it. Sometimes the GUIs do not work as advertised. There was some command which ended in --rebuild (?) to generate a completely new xorg.conf file. Possibly that would help you, with part of this problem? 'spossible, but I usually wind up tweaking it by hand 'cuz it needs it AFAICT. However, to s-c-d's credit, I have checked the output xorg.conf after running it, and the file seems to be set up right, or at least not any more wrong than I would have, and it still doesn't work. I've had to tweak xorg.conf by hand every time to get it right. Not sure why Thanks. mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Sorin Srbu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dunno' what to tell you more. Most of the hints I told you have worked for me, maybe somebody else can help you? I appreciate your efforts - at least I've eliminated a lot of things that are not the problem mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Sorin Srbu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have some setting on your actual monitor-hardware you can tweak? You know how most lcd-monitors have auto-settings enabled. Maybe something there is ducking with your x-configs? I tried that this morning - nothing seems to be relevant. I tried going form native to full screen but that just widened the 1280x1024 image to fill the screen, which is NOT what I want. FWIW, I've seen problems when I've had lcd-monitors connected over a kvm-switch and/or monitor-cable extenders. Sometimes the OS just can't correctly identify the monitor and the only way to fix it is to connect the montor directly to the computer at least once to properly identify it. This is my primary workstation - no extra connections at all. My machines are so spread out that a kvm wouldn't work for me anyway, and I'd rather keep mine separate for other reasons. Also, do you have a way to connect the monitor to a computer running eg Windows, just to see it's CentOS and Gnome that's giving you grief and not the hardware? I can do that, but since it works up to the login in wide screen mode, I'm fairly certain that it is the gdm (GNOME). Thanks again. mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:08 PM, MHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, do you have a way to connect the monitor to a computer running eg Windows, just to see it's CentOS and Gnome that's giving you grief and not the hardware? I can do that, but since it works up to the login in wide screen mode, I'm fairly certain that it is the gdm (GNOME). Do you have KDE installed too? Does it do the same under KDE? Do you have a Live CD for Knoppix or something, that you could boot and see what happens? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Lanny Marcus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have KDE installed too? Does it do the same under KDE? Do you have a Live CD for Knoppix or something, that you could boot and see what happens? Don't have kde, but I do have a live cd and I got a response on the gnome list from Ritz about a setting that might help. I'll find out when I get home, undoubtedly late tonight, as usual. Thanks. mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 8:37 AM, William L. Maltby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You had mentioned earlier that it not only changed resolution, but revereted to analog monitor. I don't know if this will help, but have you run kudzu? Actually, I did try that, and a reboot. No help there. Thanks again. mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen - SOLVED
Thanks to Ritesh Khadgaray: Is there anything I'm missing? Some other configuration file or record somewhere I need to tweak? with gconf-editor, check /desktop/gnome/screen/default/0/resolution . -- Ritesh Khadgaray Ph: +919970164885 Desktop LinuX N Stuff, RHCE Software Maintenance Engineer, Pune, Red Hat ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ That was it! mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
I just put a 1680x1050 LCD monitor on my home system, and I went into system-config-display to configure it as such, and it just won't take. I had to tweak some of the settings by hand, but when I log out, I get the wide screen for both the Nvidia driver splash screen and the login screen. But, when I log in, It jumps back to 1280x1024 and refuses to run in wide screen mode. Here's the xorg.conf (even when I'm logged in and the screen is only 1280x1024): # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display Section ServerLayout Identifier single head configuration Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard0 Driver kbd Option XkbModel pc105 Option XkbLayout us EndSection Section Monitor ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: # HorizSync31.5 - 65.5 # VertRefresh 56.0 - 65.0 # Option dpms Identifier Monitor0 ModelNameLCD Panel 1680x1050 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: HorizSync30.0 - 82.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0 EndSection Section Device Identifier Videocard0 Driver nvidia EndSection Section Screen Identifier Screen0 Device Videocard0 MonitorMonitor0 DefaultDepth 24 Option NoRenderExtension False Option AllowGLXWithComposite True Option RandRRotation True Option XvmcUsesTextures True Option AddARGBGLXVisuals True Option TripleBuffer True Option DamageEvents True SubSection Display # Modes1680x1050 1600x1024 1440x900 1400x1050 1280x1024 1280x960 1280x800 1152x864 1024x768 800x600 640x480 Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes1680x1050 1600x1200 1600x1024 1440x900 1400x1050 1280x1024 1280x960 1280x800 1152x864 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection EndSection The commented out Horix and Vert syncs are for my old monitor (a 17 non-ws), and the new ones are from the manual for the new screen. I tried with these commented out, but it still would not work. One thing I noticed is that when the gdm starts up, it goes from auto adjust (wide screen) to analog-d (non-ws) - dunno what that means. Any suggestions? It's really annoying to have a wide screen and not be able to use it Thanks. mhr What am I missing? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Widescreen monitor won't configure to a wide screen
On Tuesday 29 July 2008 9:55:50 pm MHR wrote: I just put a 1680x1050 LCD monitor on my home system, and I went into system-config-display to configure it as such, and it just won't take. SNIP Any suggestions? It's really annoying to have a wide screen and not be able to use it What version centOS, Kernel and nvidia drivers are you using? Also, what brand and model monitor? I don't have my Samsung wide screen hooked up to my centos, but when I first connected it to my Mandriva system, I could not get the full wide screen. I was planning on upgrading, so I did not fiddle with it much, I figured I would wait to see if the updates in the new Mandriva worked any better. It did, as soon as I upgraded, the Mandriva auto-detected my monitor and all has been fine since. It may bee you need to upgrade your Nvidia drivers. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
