Anyone know why Sax2 is no longer in Yast?
It's being phased out - as was discussed on the Factory list a couple months ago. You can still launch it from CLI, but in future releases... it won't be included anymore. It's basically lived out most of its life. X has a relatively robust autodetect now... it works in 99% of the cases.
Or is there another way to find out about your graphics card, its driver version etc (apart from the "Hardware" probe option in Yast).
In KDE4, sysinfo:/ in Konqueror provides some really basic info. Configure Desktop > Display provides the same basic information that SAX2 did about your card/resolution etc. SAX2 doesn't provide driver version information (at least not on my system). In Gnome, it's in Control Center > Display where again, the same basic information is shows as is/was in SAX2. This method (autodetect) works WAY better than the old SAX2 tool ever did - assuming you're not one of the unlucky/rare few who have an undetected monitor. I've used the autodetect a lot with my laptop, connecting it to an external projector, and it's got it right 100%.
Should something like Sax2 be apart of the Advanced section of "System Settings"?
No, since SAX2 is no longer necessary for most system configs. There are still a few unusual monitors that the auto config thing doesn't pick up on, but they are not all that common. If you have a config that is not working with the autodetect in X, then it needs to be raised as a bug so it can be fixed/added etc.
My preferred option would be when all options related to a device e.g. display, are accessible from a single point as well as being distributed in other places such as Yast. For example,for me its the logical thing to have all display related options in one place whether it be a theme change, driver change etc and all advanced config be protected via the root password as per normal. It makes support so much easier when you can tell a newbie to right click the desktop and select "Display Settings".
They are all in a single point.... the only place a new user needs to go is Configure Desktop (KDE4) or Control Center (Gnome). In the other lesser used GUIs it's basically the same... using whatever desktop Configure tools they provide. C. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org