I have just begun researching this problem, so pardon me if I missed the obvious again;-) I have a Dell 1721 laptop with an AMD/ATI RD690M {Radeon Express 1200/1250/1270] graphics controller. OpenSuse 13.2 functions perfectly on the internal UXGA laptop screen. But when I connect an external monitor (Dell 2405FPW also UXGA) and boot the system the graphics are trashed. Both are UXGA, and I tried Unified Outputs. And this also happens when the monitor is turned off during the boot. So I assume it is the presence of the VGA plug that is causing the corruption during boot. If I plug the monitor in after the system has been booted the monitor does not detect the computer, suggesting that the computer is in a sleep mode. But if I look at System Settings/Display Configuration GUI both screens are shown. The laptop monitor is working great and the external monitor sees nothing. I have successfully used this pair of devices since 2008 under Fedora?? So I assume it is a setup problem. Tomorrow I will try a fresh install from the distribution disk with the monitor connected to see if there are any variations. I also tried to make a VGA connection from my laptop that provides HDMI connections. It has an Intel graphics chipset. I used an HDMI to VGA adapter and achieved similar results. But if I connect this unit via the HDMI cable rather than the VGA cable it functions correctly. Tomorrow I will also try connecting the this computer through the VGA cable to the HDMI monitor, as opposed to the UXGA monitor. Is there a guide to setting up X under openSuse 13.2? Since the system works in single monitor mode, I am assuming that the kernel modules etc. are correct. Nothing obvious was present in my dmesg file, but I am not sure what to look for. I have edited xorg.conf files since the 90s, but I believe that is discouraged now. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org