Making good progress, but still got a couple of problems. My screen resolution is now set at 1280 x 1024, but my display is still oversize. What is the considered optimum (if any) for these settings?
Thanks.
0rinoco

Depends on the specs of your monitor. You should find somewhere (even in the monitor box) the optimum screen resolution for it

Thanks, Matz. I have an Acer AL1512 TFT. I have just looked at the on-screen menu settings and it comes up with 800 x 600. Is that what I should set my resolution to?
Thanks
0rinoco

I found that 1024x768 should work right with this monitor.

Thanks for your suggestion, Matz. Tried those settings, but still no joy. I can live with it, but it would be nice to have a normal size screen. I'll hang on and hope someone can come up with a solution.
One thing I have noticed is that in Sax x2 Card and Monitor properties, the name of the designated monitor is Vesa. Is this significant?
0rinoco

Well, it could be. VESA implies that Sax isn't familiar with your type of monitor so it is using a generic denominator. I have an ACER 1951 and I get the same (although I haven't got any issues with screen resolution - as long as I install the proper videocard driver). This whole issue is quite typical of the previous generation of Linux distros.

By the way, can you post your xorg.conf? There's a chance that Sax has misconstrued the refresh rates, which can have an impact on screen resolution. To make a copy of xorg.conf to your home directory, just run this command from the terminal:

su -
[root password]
cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf > /home/[your username]/xorgconf

Thanks, Jay, but I'm an absolute tyro at Linux. This may sound a bit stupid, but could you be a little more detailed? For instance, 'Command from the terminal'. Where do I find the terminal?
Regards.
0rinoco.

It is accessible from the menu. Just look for "Terminal". I'm sorry, I can't be more precise because I'm not very familiar with KDE. Alternatively, you can use a virtual terminal (the one accessible from the menu is called a "terminal emulator"): press Ctrl + Alt + F1, enter
login: root
password: root password
Then execute the commands from my previous my post , log out (type exit + enter ) and return to KDE by pressing Alt + F7; the xorg.conf file should be in your home directory.

Hi, Jay. This is what I am putting in, but get the 'no such command' message,
linux-r0sa:~ # su-[password]cat/etc/X11/xorg.conf>/home[username]/xorgconf
Am I missing something?
Thanks.
0rinoco

Theres a space char after 'cat' . cat is the cmd, the rest is the filename to cat (dump to screen). Incidentally, you need to fill in your username where he wrote [username] without brackets ie sans [] eg:


Actually, he means
1. login as root:
su -
2. give root passwd
insertrootpasswdhere
3. copy file
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf > /home/orinoco/xorgconf

change orinoco to your username on your system

Thanks, Chris. I didn't realise that there was a space and no brackets required. I'll try again. Also, just wondering if my screen size could be affected by the font used on my web-page, Times New Roman? Where can I find a list of the fonts which are available in Opensuse?

Screen resolution shouldn't have anything to do with fonts. I suspect it is simply a matter of incorrect monitor refresh rates (which is why I asked about your xorg.conf - that's where those rates are specified).

Font sets for Suse (and Linux in general?). There must be a few hundred but most aren't installed by default. Times New Roman is included in the msttcorefonts package; you'll need to set up third-party repositories first, though:

http://en.opensuse.org/YaST_package_repository

Thought I had posted this, but obviously not. I didn't realise that I could reduce the text size on my screen. Doing so has completely solved the problem. I feel a bit of an idiot after all the time you guys have spent trying to help me. Thanks anyway.
0rinoco

It's very helpful for me..........
I use of the Linux operating system.

James4too

Please avoid responding to old threads if you're not adding anything to them.