Carl Hartung schrieb:

If you boot to run level 3, log in as root and run "sax2 -l" (lower case "L"), SaX2 will run in standard VESA compliant low resolution (VGA) mode, which is supported natively in hardware, (no special external drivers needed) in every PC graphics subsystem marketed in at least the past ten years.

If you're getting a text console and can log into run level 3, *and* if your hardware is not broken in some way or misidentified during installation, "sax2 -l" will work. If it *doesn't* work, that is a clear sign that there is something fundamentally wrong at the hardware level... either:

- the hardware is not supported
- the hardware is not recognized properly (meaning the installer is getting confused and misidentifying it, thereby creating inappropriate config files)
- there is actually something wrong with the hardware:
        - wrong BIOS settings
        - a mix of unsupported+supported parts producing confused probe results
        - damaged or improperly installed components

IMHO, it isn't fair or reasonable to dump on SaX2 until you've ruled out these possibilities.

O.k., that's true !

One also can try to get a more common video timing by calling YaST from a text conole device, navigate to the graphics card settings and select a [EMAIL PROTECTED] screen.

Using the "sax2 -l" or "sax2 -il" should work every time but is crude somehow. In this case I would prefer to use "sax2 -V 0:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" as posted by houghi.

Never give up !

Best regards,
Reinhard.

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