Hello, I have a big problem with an older dell latitude laptop.. The graphics card is radeon mobility 7500 = very old one. It seems that it is not supported by the ati proprietary drivers. Anyway I wanted to try it out and made everything according to the instructions in http://en.opensuse.org/Ati then i tried.. SaX2 -r -m 0=fglrx sax opens but when trying the screen, it says there is an error. After that all hell breaks loose. No display driver works any more. So far, I have tried.. saX2 -r -m 0=fglrx => error when starting the xserver sax2 -r -m 0=ati (the x.org driver I suppose) => error when starting the xserver sax2 -r -m 0=radeon (.. or was this the x.org driver..?) sax2 -r -m 0=vesa (the most simple driver..?) => just blank screen, I have to restart the computer from the power switch sax2 -r -m 0=fb (framebuffer?) => error when starting the xserver Even using sax -a does not help. I guess all this might be because of using that damn "-r" switch that removes the hw database? What is the default x.org configuration file..? The screen was working ok from a fresh install. Nothing helps, not even the "failsafe" option in the grubs kernel list. Btw, where does one find the names for these drivers anyway? All in all, not convincing at all.. I believed that older hardware should work with linux, but instead, my system gets "deadlocked" by the instructions given in the opensuse web page! Cheers, Sampsa -------------- "Jos konsultti päästetään vapaasti touhuamaan ja ohjaamaan organisaatiota, voi edessä olla uppoaminen suunnitelmien suohon, eksyminen hankehelvettiin ja dokumenttiviidakkoon." (Mielipideosasto, Helsingin Sanomat 14.5.2009) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org