My experience with SuSe 9.3 Pro is the system does not detect hardware
changes at boot. At least not like the "other OS". The GUI utility I use
to fiddle with video stuff is called SaX2. You must be root to run it, but
resolution, hardware changes etc. are all done there. It's pretty
straightforward.
Frank
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Subject: Re: Installed SUSE 9.3 w/ 15" LCD, then swapped to 17" LCD... res
limited to 1024x
> Bupkus wrote:
>
>> Doesn't system detect hardware at boot? Shouldn't Control
>> Center>Peripherals>Display provide a "Screen size" option in the
>> drop-down that reflects the sensed monitor capabilities?
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> I ran xf86config and now it only boots into text mode. Just as in the
> past with older versions of linux, whenever I'm in a corner and unable to
> make what should be simple adjustments, I end up re-installing the OS.
> This is why I have backed away from linux so many times over the years .
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