Hi,
BTW, we had this feature for a long time (I no longer remember the details why we removed it, but it wasn't really appreciated and considered important enough) and gdm does something similar. I did not even now it was removed yet ... ;)
I remember that I have used this feature with a SuSE 6/7 version, and found it very usefull. From the top of my head I think this was something with the hotplug coldplug startscripts... might be wrong here. And I myself remember reinstalling my SuSE 6.x system several times after a failed filesystem check as I had no clue what to do. :-(
Then too, does he have any idea what that failsafe mode is, or that it is a means to fixing what broke?
IIRC Windows also has such a failsafe boot option, which starts the GUI in a low resolution mode. So he likely can expect or at least hope that openSUSE behaves similarly. AND after rebooting he has exactly two openSUSE boot options. Chances are rather high, that he simply tries failsafe this time before be reinstalls the system. I wouldn't underestimate our user base here.
Sorry Stefan, in my opinion you might be wrong here. I know my way arround xorg.conf and the commandline and hopefully will be able to get the graphics back up again. But as a newbie I probably could not handle this situation and would EXPECT my system to show something graphically after inserting a new graphics card. There are two things that should work all the time: network for internet access and a minimal graphical interface! Without that there is no google and irc for a newbie. For me autostarting sax2 on graphics card change is something worthwhile. just my 2 cents Felix --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org