[oclug] Desktop size doesn't match monitor resolution

[Aaron Wilcox]

On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:49:16 -0400, Brad Barnett <lists at l8r.net> wrote:

>
> Ok, good info indeed.
>
> Now that I think about it, it is likely just that the 6600 doesn't have
> the ability to support the DVI bandwidth required to do that screen size.
> You're likely going to have to go back to analog or buy a new graphics
> card with better DVI capabilities.
>
> It would be best if you could snarf someone's GeForce card of a higher
> calibre, if you want to test it first.  The good news is, that Nvidia's
> unified driver will make the test a snap...
>

The problem turned out to be some very obsolete NVidia drivers.   
OpenSUSE's automatic NVidia driver installation system seems to be broken,  
so it wasn't actually doing anything every time I ran it to "update" the  
video card drivers.  Now running perfectly fine at 1920x1200 after  
manually installing the latest NVidia drivers and updating the X11  
configuration.  I'm glad I tried the update before running off to spend  
$150 on a new card.

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Aaron Wilcox
aaron dot wilcox (at) sympatico dot ca