The answer to the problem is in this thred; http://www.suseforums.net/index.php?showtopic=16835
Just add these lines to the "Device" section of the xorg.conf file. Option "CRT2Position" "clone" Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS,CRT" seems to affect alot of acer notebooks. On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 23:05 -0500, Gomez, Daniel wrote: > I'm running a Aspire 1680 with shiny screen technology too > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> dmidecode > ... > Handle 0x0001 > DMI type 1, 25 bytes. > System Information > Manufacturer: Acer > Product Name: Aspire 1680 > Version: Rev 1 > Serial Number: LXA2805010508016E9EM13 > UUID: A08BE174-AFDA-D811-8EED-00C09F7F4CDD > Wake-up Type: Power Switch > > What kind of video card does your acer have? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> lspci | grep VGA > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM > Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02) > > > I launch program called "855resolution" which hacks the bios into > realizing it can indeed support 1200x800 on linux. (see > http://perso.wanadoo.fr/apoirier/) > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> tail -2 /etc/profile.d/desktop-data.sh > # Enable resolution > 855resolution 34 1200 800 >/dev/null 2>&1 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Kleinemas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 10:57 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [opensuse] Running Xwindows on a Acer Aspire 9500 > > > I'm installing opensuse 10.0 on a Acer Aspire 9500(*AS9502WSMi*). I can > get though the complete GUI install with out a problem. During the > install it seems to do 800x600 for resolution. The problem comes when it > boots to Xwindows for the final time. The LCD monitor shuts off When > Xwindows starts. The monitor is on though the boot up graphic > animations. I can plug in a CRT monitor to the external port and > everything is running fine. I can control the notebook so it is up and > running. I've tried multiple resolutions. All to the same affect the > monitor shuts off. About all the on technical info I have on the monitor > is at 1440x900 it runs at 60 Hz. The books and the website call it a > Acer(r) CrystalBrite Technology. That's all I've been able to find on > it. Any body have any Ideas? > > Thanks Jason > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
