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I have a Dell Inspiron 640m with an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 945 Graphics Adapter. SuSE detected the adapter and display just fine. But, under Control Panel > Graphics ...
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    I have a Dell Inspiron 640m with an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 945 Graphics Adapter.

    SuSE detected the adapter and display just fine. But, under Control Panel > Graphics Card and Monitor, it lists my resolution at 1440 x 900 (which is what it should be at!)

    However, my display is clearly at 1024x768. If I click on "Screen Resolution" (Also found in Control Panel) it shows my default Resolution at 1024x768, with 800x600 and 640x480 as an option.

    How do I get it to display at the 1440x900 resolution?
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  2. 01-25-2007 #2
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    Go to terminal (CTRL-Alt-F2) and as root run sax2. That might do it.
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    Whatever sax2 does, it just runs and hangs. It doesn't seem to have done anything.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KamileonX
    Whatever sax2 does, it just runs and hangs. It doesn't seem to have done anything.
    did you run it as root???
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    yup I did. I started it about 10 minutes ago, on my laptop, and it's still running right now...
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    You may well have a hardware compatibility problem. I found a thread discussing a similiar issue as yours here Unfortunatly this thread does not provide a solution.

    You may be stuck with the 1024x768 for now. Perhaps you should test with another distribution of linux.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KamileonX
    yup I did. I started it about 10 minutes ago, on my laptop, and it's still running right now...

    Sax2 gives a screen immediatly. It simply is not working.

    Go to Yast-hardware-graphics accept the current settings. You should get the option to test. (note this is sax2) does it run from there.
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