don fisher composed on 2015-04-14 08:20 (UTC-0700):
Again, I was not complete.
Again you didn't answer all the questions I asked. Presumably you're using KDE4? If not, which greeter, DE and monitor configurator are you using?
On boot, the 1721 garbling begins when the system detects the presence of the monitor. It does not even have to be turned on! After booting without the monitor, I attach the monitor, go through the GUI setup, and the garbling starts when I touch the "Apply" button.
Did you ever apply all available updates after 13.2 installation? If not, do it now. You could be dealing with a video driver bug that only applies to your X1270 or its close siblings. This might be a case of need to bring your problem up on http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati to get an upstream diagnosis and fix.
When I looked at the Xorg log files, I did not see the entries I expected from the additions made in the GUI. But I may have missed something there. I did not see the "EE" which I believe is the error flag.
Three independent and unrelated things I'd like you to try separately only on the 1721: 1-During bootloader runtime, edit the default choice by appending to the kernel cmdline video=1920x1200@60 If it helps, after trying the other suggestions following, reconfigure your bootloader to have it there always. For Grub2, you probably will not find any instructions explicitly telling you this is possible or desirable. Grub2 has its own way of producing the same effect that I'm not going to try to describe. For Grub Legacy, simply append it to the default stanza's kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst. 2-Disable compositing via Xorg. I do it with a file named /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-extensions.conf containing: Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Disable" EndSection 3-Disable KScreen. I do it by including in ~/.kde4/share/config/kdedrc and/or /etc/kde4/share/config/kdedrc the following: [Module-kscreen] autoload=false Let us know which if any of these help before trying to build your own *xorg.con*. Also provide /var/log/Xorg.0.log on http://susepaste.org/ or equivalent captured without any of these in place. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org