Louis, Patrick, Thank you for pointers, and sorry that my tone stung you -- it was not aimed at you. I'm a bit frustrated; one does not expect a linux upgrade to break compatibility with hardware -- that's a Windows experience. As you can imagine, I'm more than a bit put out to have a blank & silent $1000 monitor on my desk.
I'm sure your tone will elicit a quick response from the unpaid volunteer SuSE employes who help us on the list.
I apologise to the volunteer, but not to SuSE. They should have a paid person reading this list and responding to queries. And, for that matter, updating the searchable knowledge base. Hopefully the Novell acquistion will improve customer service for English-language markets.
Google has the answer. Also Yahoo and Licos.
Regarding the 180P? No, it does not. Believe me, I spent about two hours on it.
A quick look at the Philips web site says this will do 1280x1024 at 75hz.
Choose LCD 1280x1024@75hz
If that won't work, we'll just try again. The Philips site lists the frequencys and resolutions this runs at. If, however, it does not work ... try to give a little more info such as the complete model number etc..
Thanks, Louis. I did try generic LCD at a lower refresh rate, but Sax2 kept bugging out and refusing to let me configure it. I also tried re-installing the XF86Config file that I had before the upgrade (which I thankfully backed up) but that didn't do any good; the system steadfastly refused to display at 1280x1024, continually reverting to 1024x768. Will tinker some more with the generic LCD settings. This is made rather more painful, of course, by the fact that KDM no longer has a "restart X server" option, forcing me to reboot the machine every time I want to try new settings. -- -Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco