A summary and some new issues ......... The point on limited video memory looks to be reason. The specs on this legacy Intel N440BX server board tells that the CL-GD5480 using 2MB SGRAM supports extended modes up to * 1600x1200 and 1280x1024 in 256 colors * 1152x864 in 64K colors up to 100Hz # hwinfo --framebuffer told that 1280x1024 (+1280), 8 bit was supported, however none 1152x864 resolution was listed!? I verified the display setting with YaST2: * resolution: 1280x1024 * color depth: 16 bit I also verified /var/log/Xorg.0.log: Cirrus (0): not using default mode 1280x960 (insufficient memory for mode) Cirrus (0): not using mode "1280x1024" (no mode of this name) virtual size is 1152x864 (pitch 1152) modelines "1152x864" .....(and for lower resolutions) Fine tuning X display size: With SaX2 I first tried to lower color depth to 8 bit for 1200x1024@75Hz resolution. But testing this combination, the test screen size was not possible to extend to fit the whole size of my monitor. Therefore I tried the unusual 15 bit color depth instead for 1280x1024, which also was available. This test screen size(as with the previous 1280x1024, 16 bit) was possible to extend to fit the monitor size. Indeed the screen size became a little too large, so that the white corners on the right side disappeard outside the monitor right edge. 1) Is it possible to fine tune the X display size in smaller increments than with the SaX2 GUI arrow tool? KDE login screen disappeared: After reboot with 1280x1025, 15 bit something had happened. Suse 9.3 booted only in verbose (no quiet) mode and the normal KDE login box or kdm had disappeared! Instead a simple (xdm or another wm?) grey background login screen with a Suse lizard logo and a consol screen down to the left was displayed. During login, the normal yellow-green Suse splash sreen was displayed, and some slowly the KDE desktop was displayed similary correct, however with a xconsol screen down to the left, which reported an IO error: dev fd0, sector 0. I verified the desktop was again converted to 1152x1024, 73 Hz Therefore I decided to set the display permanent to 1152x1024@75Hz, 16bit also with SaX2, to see if the KDE login run faster (Xorg.0.log). However, the normal KDE login screen or kdm doesn't appear again. Another drawback with the simpe grey login screen is that there is no system restart option. 2) What can have happened and how to possibly get back or repair to the KDE login box again? Maybe some setting has changed in a configuration file that should start up kdm? My 3) One of the reason that I preferably would use 1280x1024 resolution, was the still somewhat large and clumpsy desktop icons using 1152x864. The panel icons is easy to switch from Normal to Small. Can this be done correspondingly for the desktop icons? Thanks, Terje J. Hanssen