Suse 9.2 display problems on inspiron 8500

FaYgo · Feb 28, 2005, 05:26 AM

I have currently installed SUSE 9.2 on my dell inspiron 8500 and once it booted into the O/S the destop was set to 640X480, when i changed it to 1024x 768 it showed multiple desktops at once on the same screen, but only a quarter of one 2/3 of another and maybe a third of a third one. this makes it very very difficult to navigate, sort of like it's on a filmstrip across the screen...... i can't seem to figure out why it does this. it does this on any res exept for 640X480 , if you are not familiar with 8500's the screen is a custom size. i have been looking for display drivers for it to try and fix the problem and my search has come up with no luck...i was wondering if anyone else had any problems like this and if you all had any ideas as to what i could to to fix this....

any help or ideas are greatly appreciated,

redsolar · Feb 28, 2005, 03:48 PM

Which video card on your 8500? ATI? nVidia?

FaYgo · Mar 1, 2005, 10:51 PM

ati mobility radeon 9000

redsolar · Mar 2, 2005, 03:01 AM

Have you installed ATI proprietary driver for SuSE yet? Check out this thread on where to get them and the instructions. Note, you need to install it as per instructions and use SuSE-specific drivers (they need a special kernel module installed).

Feb 28, 2005, 05:26 AM	#1
FaYgo DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Suse 9.2 display problems on inspiron 8500 I have currently installed SUSE 9.2 on my dell inspiron 8500 and once it booted into the O/S the destop was set to 640X480, when i changed it to 1024x 768 it showed multiple desktops at once on the same screen, but only a quarter of one 2/3 of another and maybe a third of a third one. this makes it very very difficult to navigate, sort of like it's on a filmstrip across the screen...... i can't seem to figure out why it does this. it does this on any res exept for 640X480 , if you are not familiar with 8500's the screen is a custom size. i have been looking for display drivers for it to try and fix the problem and my search has come up with no luck...i was wondering if anyone else had any problems like this and if you all had any ideas as to what i could to to fix this.... any help or ideas are greatly appreciated,

Feb 28, 2005, 03:48 PM	#2
redsolar Off duty Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Las Vegas, USA Posts: 1,242 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Which video card on your 8500? ATI? nVidia? __________________ Real_Men_Do_Not_Use_Space_Bar Main rig: Intel Core i7 930 @ 4.0 Ghz \| Corsair H50 Push/Pull \| 12GB OCZ DDR3 \| ASUS Radeon HD 5850 \| 3x 1TB Samsung F3 RAID5 on Dell PERC 5i SAS + 1TB Hitachi \| MSI X58 Pro-e \| 850W Antec Truepower Quattro \| RocketFish by Lian Li Full Tower Case \| Gateway XHD3000 30" LCD \| Dell 2408WFP 24" LCD \| Dell 2407WFP 24" LCD \| Logitech Z-5500 Speakers \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Laptop: Samsung x360-34P \| Core 2 Duo SU9400 1.4 GHz \| 4GB DDR3 \| 128GB Samsung SSD \| Intel 4500M w/ HDMI \| WiFi \| Bluetooth \| 13.3" WLED 1280x800 \| Windows 7 Professional x64

Mar 2, 2005, 03:01 AM	#4
redsolar Off duty Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Las Vegas, USA Posts: 1,242 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Have you installed ATI proprietary driver for SuSE yet? Check out this thread on where to get them and the instructions. Note, you need to install it as per instructions and use SuSE-specific drivers (they need a special kernel module installed). __________________ Real_Men_Do_Not_Use_Space_Bar Main rig: Intel Core i7 930 @ 4.0 Ghz \| Corsair H50 Push/Pull \| 12GB OCZ DDR3 \| ASUS Radeon HD 5850 \| 3x 1TB Samsung F3 RAID5 on Dell PERC 5i SAS + 1TB Hitachi \| MSI X58 Pro-e \| 850W Antec Truepower Quattro \| RocketFish by Lian Li Full Tower Case \| Gateway XHD3000 30" LCD \| Dell 2408WFP 24" LCD \| Dell 2407WFP 24" LCD \| Logitech Z-5500 Speakers \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Laptop: Samsung x360-34P \| Core 2 Duo SU9400 1.4 GHz \| 4GB DDR3 \| 128GB Samsung SSD \| Intel 4500M w/ HDMI \| WiFi \| Bluetooth \| 13.3" WLED 1280x800 \| Windows 7 Professional x64

Mar 1, 2005, 10:51 PM	Thread Starter #3
FaYgo DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	ati mobility radeon 9000