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I am testing other distros in an effort to broaden my horizons beyond Ubuntu (which I still love). Upon performing a fresh install of openSUSE, I have found that at the desktop (GNOME), the application launching toolbar will only extend about 3/4 the length of the screen. Also, my windows will maximize to only the length of the toolbar unless I have the window spanning over both the regions of the screen. I have a widescreen and to the best of my knowledge the resolution is set correctly. It almost seems like SUSE is treating my screen like two seperate monitors. Any Suggestions? If anyone needs output of a file, please request but be kind in the directions. I don't know much about openSUSE (yet).
I just installed openSUSE yesterday and I'm pretty much having similar issues.
Granted, I'm no openSUSE expert (or a Linux expert in general on any distro), but it looks like you're right. Your xorg seems to be describing two 1024x768 monitors. How it came up with that is beyond my ability to guess.
I can't seem to figure out what video driver it's using. I'm guessing onboard Intel?
There is a section you can check to enable Dual Head Mode. Do you have this checked? It may explain why your screen looks the way it does, openSUSE is doing exactly what you told it to.
There is a section you can check to enable Dual Head Mode. Do you have this checked? It may explain why your screen looks the way it does, openSUSE is doing exactly what you told it to.
The box was checked and now I unchecked it with the same problem. My laptop is a gateway tablet. What hardware are you using?
Ok, I'm still experimenting with openSUSE - so don't take this as gospel. But I think you need to get sax to rewrite your xorg.conf for you. I'm assuming that unchecking dual head mode and saving has done that. Have you either rebooted or restarted your x session? It should come up on the one monitor now.
Ok, I'm still experimenting with openSUSE - so don't take this as gospel. But I think you need to get sax to rewrite your xorg.conf for you. I'm assuming that unchecking dual head mode and saving has done that. Have you either rebooted or restarted your x session? It should come up on the one monitor now.
SaX2 tells me it has saved my changes after I make them, but make no mention of rewriting my xorg.conf file. Is there a manual command to rewrite the xorg.conf file? This problem is compounded by my lack of understanding with respect to YaST (I am hooked on aptitude). Rebooting, as directed, does not help.
I should specify that the "2nd" region of my monitor is not dead, my desktop will extend to it, windows can be dragged to the region and even exist between the regions. The problem is that the 2nd region is treated like another desktop.
What I did to overcome my initial display woes was to revert to a "pre-sax" xorg.conf. As su, go to /etc/X11 and see if you have a file called "xorg.conf.install". Make a back-up of your current xorg.conf file, then copy the install version over top of it. From this baseline config you should be able to tweak the display to suit your tastes.
Another option would be to run (as su) sax2 -r
This is supposed to dump it's current hardware database and completely re-evaluate your hardware. It hasn't worked for me, but maybe you'll get lucky.
I too have been encountering no end of difficulty with sax generated xorg files. They just don't seem to work.
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