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Re: [trinity-users] OpenSUSE 12.2 Step by Step Installation

From: Patrick Serru <patrick@...>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:39:21 -0500
Le mardi 27 novembre 2012, Felix Miata a écrit :
> On 2012-11-26 18:36 (GMT-0500) Patrick Serru composed:
> 
>>          I have not successfully installed neither Suse 12.2, nor Fedora
>> 17 nor Ubuntu with TDE. Everything worked fine at 1024x768 but not
>> 1380x1024. I think that I saw a "TDE live CD" functioning in 1380x1024,
>> but which one 
> 
> 1380x1024 is not a standard mode. Probably the video driver is rejecting
> it as no match to the display's EDID report.
> 
> What is your output from 'lspci | grep VGA'?
> 
> If you've repeated a typo, and what you're after is actually 1280x1024,
> and  your display actually supports 1280x1024, then there are several
> things you can try, some of which François ANDRIOT wrote about.
> 
> When there is no provided configuration utility to build you an xorg.conf 
> file easily, you nevertheless can build one manually. Try using 
> http://fm.no-ip.com/Share/xorg.conf-minimal-force-DPI as a starter, but
> with the DisplaySize line commented out if you don't wish to force DPI. If
> it fails initially, try adding the following to 'Section "Monitor"':
> 
>    HorizSync    28-91
>    VertRefresh  55-76
> 
> If you have access to the specifications for your display, substitute the 
> values it provides for the above.
> 
> In openSUSE (as well as various other distros) instead of putting all
> configs in xorg.conf, you may find it easier to use the smaller files in 
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ as alluded to in 
> http://fm.no-ip.com/Share/xorg.conf-minimal-force-DPI.
> 
> Something he also did not mention that could possibly help is putting the 
> video mode desired on the kernel cmdline, e.g. video=1280x1024@75 or 
> video=1280x1024@60.
> 
>> (?), I also saw my screen saying that the frequencies were out of range.
>> I unsuccessfully tryed some X related commands found in Ubuntu web site.
>> That is, I still dont have a clean TDE installation.
> 
> As François ANDRIOT wrote, your problem isn't specific to TDE. If you put 
> your Xorg.0.log file where readers can see it without wrapping (e.g. 
> pastebin), then someone may spot your specific problem. Likely you're
> using the VESA driver and your BIOS fails to include 1280x1024. VESA is a
> fallback you don't want to be using normally.
> -- 
> "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant
> words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation)
> 
>   Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks!
> 
> Felix Miata  ***  http://fm.no-ip.com/
> 
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      Hi all,

      Sorry about that: first, I disturbed the thread, and second I wrote 
1380 instead of 1280!

      I know that my problem is not related to TDE. I just wanted to point 
out that testing on virtual system is not necesseraly complete testing. 
Anyway, I stopped trying distributions. Even if I would be able to fix my 
display problem by my-self, whichever distribution, that was not the case 
in a relatively short time, I prefer things that install as for a "lambda" 
user.

      Thanks for all,
Patrick