text_combined: hxqlftrgilwebercom felix sorry delay responding eyeballs work moment breathe try suggestion see comments gil thu january 3 2008 felix miata scratched words onto coconut shell hoping answer brief experiment i845g im opinion sax2 r 0i810 significant nonzero probability providing little improvement anticipating likelihood heres unusual approach try using xorgconf custom built works i845g 1download httpmrmazdanoipcomtmpxorgi845gintel1400x1050x092x24conf 2move etcx11 directory 3assuming yet sax2 r 0i810 rename etcx11xorgconf etcx11xorgconfsax2gui02 already substitute xorgconfsax2rm0i81003 new backup filename 4copy downloaded file xorgconf 5log 6log ok using customized xorgconf find things look good indeed specific display looks better everywhere use dpi test screens website find horizontal vertical dimensions test boxes differ maybe 1 mm theyre almost perfectly square bar supposed 1 254 mm right everything better putting customized xorgconf place looked sax2 told monitor vesa 800x60060 hz resolution 800x600 svga 167 million colors diagonal dimension 15 aspect ration 43 display size 305x230 mm sync freq 3138 horizontal 5060 vertical changed settings match monitor see would happen monitor viewsonic 20g resolution 1400x1050 167 million colors diagonal dimension 20 aspect ratio 43 display size 406x305 mm sync freq 3082 horizontal 5090 vertical everything still looks great problem originally rectangles looking much like squares gone away installation driver customized xorgconf thanks gil wed 06 aug 2008 171953 0500 opensuse display oddity upgrading 100 103