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slightly fuzzy video on nvidia
Howdy,
Just dualbooted a friend's PC with suse10.0. Everything is cool except I noticed that the video is 'slightly' fuzzy. i think this has something to do with drivers for the nvidia card. I have no idea how to attempt installing better drivers. I've seen posts reference repositories that have these video drivers, but i have no idea how to access them. I even installed "smart" to see if that is help, but i am unsure how to use this program as well. Could someone give me some general pointers for this? = ] Thanks as always!! |
is it on an lcd?
if it is, just set res to optimal resolution of lcd. otherwise, pixel stretching occurs, and it = ugly yast2 -> graphics and display |
Open a console and run the command lsmod. Do you see a module named nv? Do you see a module named nvidia?
If you see nvidia, you already have a driver from nvidia. You can get the latest driver from their website. If you see nv, you are using the default kernel video module for nvidia, which isn't as full-featured as the driver from nvidia. You will have to download and install the nvidia module. Be sure to also get a copy of the installation instructions for SuSE. Up to SuSe 9.3, the module installs as a pre-compiled binary. For SuSE 10.x, you will have to compile the driver. At least, that was the instruction a few weeks ago. It may have changed since then. Once you have the driver installed, go into YaST -> Hardware to configure your graphics card. |
IMO it's running on LCD Monitor and not at optimal resolution.
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you guys are smart as hell
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Why? because im a dummy! this thing doesnt even have an nvidia installed! its just an Onboard video!! DOH! running this: # lspci -v |grep VGA gives me: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03) yaw. sorry about that. Any ideas now? Quote:
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(Hmmm, my PC is using an onboard ATI... my friend's PC is using that intel... does that matter?) Okay, so im guessing that you are probably going to say that even if i fix this now on my LCD, the settings will be off again when he hooks his PC back up to his CRT monitor blah blah, but Now i just want to know how to get this working for my sake = ] Okay, so im not running at "optimal resolution", eh? where do i change that? = ] So i went to YAST - Harware - GraphicsCard&Monitor, MAN, i am blind. Okay, i see Resolutions: 1024x768(XGA) Colors: 16.7 Mio [24bit] hmmm, how do i know what the optimal resolution is? And would would i set it = ] thanks as always!! |
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su [enter] root password [enter] init 3 [enter] when run level 3 has been reached run sax2 change sax configuraiton to your LCD's max resolution capability (17"? 15"?) I am guessing it'll be about 1280 x 1024 @ 60hz (This is the actual LCD Hardware and not the resolution) Also configure the resolution to 1280 x 1024.. Let us know if it's any clearer. Also do you know what DPI it's running at? 96" |
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im looking right at sax2... but i dont see any setting Anywhere that lists the hertz option. I see choices for the Resolutions.... i see 1280x1024 (already selected), but they dont show the hertz ( @60hz ). there is a checkbox for DPI, it is checked. but i see no place for the actual settings. Do you see these settings on your suse10.0 system? maybe i need to start taking screenshots because im struggling over here... thanks!! |
you really wont be able to see a diff in refresh rate, be it 60 or 75 hz, no matter what ur optimal res is. dell e177fp=1280*1024 and i am assuming the 173 is same resolution. if u have compiz installed (window handler) it puts a display info thing in your tray(next to clock.) u can set res and freq there easy
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