[opensuse] "Interesting" SAX2 Issue

[Gordon Keehn]

   I just installed OpenSuSE 10.2 on an IBM A60 (video adapter 
unknown;  it's at home and I'm at work) that had previously had 10.1 
installed.  When I originally installed 10.1, after the first boot I got 
a popup stating that my monitor geometry was unknown, and did I want to 
configure it (or words to that effect).  I clicked "Yes" and SAX2 opened 
up, letting me select the screen resolution and color density I desired.
   I wasn't, therefore, surprised when I got the same popup after 
installing 10.2.  (Installing, not "updating to";  several other things 
happened on this box in the meantime.)  What DID surprise me was that, 
after setting resolution and screen density in SAX2 and clicking "Test" 
when prompted, my monitor (an IBM G96 19" CRT) displayed a (brightly 
colored) flashing screen stating that the display parameters were 
incorrect (again, or words to that effect).  Pressing <Space> several 
times got me back to SAX2, but anything I did at that point resulted in 
the same problem.  I eventually recovered by booting to Failsafe mode 
and restoring (i.e. renaming) the original configuration file in 
/etc/X11.  This time when I rebooted and received the monitor geometry 
popup, I selected "No".  The popup closed leaving me with the screen 
resolution I wanted.  I don't know about color density (yet) but it is 
at least 65536 colors (16 bit).
   Now I'm afraid to do anything to probe or modify my display 
settings.  Has anyone else run into this kind of strangeness configuring 
their display for the first time?
   Cheers,
Gordon Keehn

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