Michael wrote: > On Tuesday, 2 July 2024 19:58:59 BST Dale wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> New monitor came in. Found it on my porch. Unboxed it and hooked it >> up. Started with no xorg.conf file. It's high res, plasma comes up so >> all that is fine. Now comes the problem. Everything is HUGE. Even on >> SDDM screen, it's like it is zoomed in or something. Icons are huge, >> fonts are huge. I think what it is doing is this, and it may be the >> video card. I think it is thinking I have four monitors set up as one >> large screen. With this one monitor, I'm seeing the top left monitor >> but not seeing the rest since I only have one monitor connected. I >> might add, when I click to logout, that screen is huge too. >> >> I generated a xorg.conf with the nvidia tool. No change. I tried >> removing options that I thought might cause this largeness problem. I >> even rebooted. No change. I open the Nvidia GUI software and tried >> adjusting things there. No change. I compared the setting to my main >> rig, other than the difference in the cards, all settings appear to be >> the same including what should be displayed where. The resolution is >> correct too. >> >> Is it possible this card functions differently than my usual cards? >> Someone mentioned these tend to be used in a business system which could >> mean they use four monitors for one large display, for presentations or >> something. Is there something I need to disable or enable so the card >> knows I want independent monitors maybe? >> >> I'm attaching the xorg.conf file, including options I commented out. I >> also checked the logs, no errors or anything. It's just the usual >> things like mouse and keyboard loading and it finding the monitor >> connected, unlike the old LG. Maybe someone here as ran into this at >> work or for a client and has a idea on how to fix or that this card is >> not designed for my use. >> >> While I'm waiting on a reply, I'm going to try one of my older spare >> video cards. If it works fine, it could be the new video card is set up >> to work this way. May not can even change it. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) > If it is this *this* monitor: > > https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/monitors/flat/32--s30b-fhd-75hz-amd-freesync-monitor-ls32b300nwnxgo/#specs > > you should be able to set: > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Unknown" > ModelName "Samsung LS32B30" > HorizSync 30.0 - 84.0 > VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0 > Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1080_75.00" > Option "DPMS" > EndSection > > for better responsiveness with less flicker when watching sports. > > Did you comment out all the #lines in the "Screen" section, rather than > letting nvidia set configure it as it needs to? > > Set the screen to the desired resolution to match the monitor, e.g.: > > Option "metamodes" "1920x1080 +0+0" > > and it should scale correctly. > > Also check if "Samsung Magic Upscale" has been enabled and this affects what > screen size is eventually displayed on the monitor: > > https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00086623/
I tried it with those options and without. Neither changed anything. I originally tried it with no xorg.conf at all. I was hoping maybe the Nvidia GUI thing would adjust things. I may try that again. No xorg.conf and use the GUI thing. That's what I use to set up my TV and such anyway. Thing is, the sddm screen is HUGE too. I just installed a older NVS 510 video card. It behaves the same way. I think that rules out a video card problem. I checked the menus on the monitor and it doesn't seem to have the upscale feature. I saw other options included in their screenshot tho. Just not that one. I did try other options tho. They tend to change instantly. Most of them only affected brightness and such. Given a different video card does the same way, it is either a driver issue or a wrong setting somewhere. I don't see anything in any option about scaling or zooming in the monitor. It is a fairly basic monitor. I might add, after I bought it, the price dropped. :/ Oh, while in KDE, I did go find the options for zoom and magnify and disabled all those. I never use them anyway. Still no change. Looks like we going to have to pull out a larger hammer. Fix one problem, another pops up. What is that game, whack a mole???? I'm going to put the faster card back in so we can work on just one card. Beat it into submission. LOL Dale :-) :-)
