On 2008/01/03 18:51 (GMT-0500) Gil Weber.com apparently typed:
So is there something fundamentally wrong between Sax2 and my motherboard that is going to prevent me from getting this video problem fixed?
Possibly.
Am I just spinning my wheels
Probably not.
and wasting your guys' time?
Wasting is probably not quite accurate.
I know that may be impossible to answer without trying, but what's your best guess?
It can be made to work acceptably, if not well.
In regards to this video problem am I just screwed using 10.3 and this motherboard and on-board video chip?
Possibly more likely if you only just installed and didn't do any online updates yet. IIRC there were important Intel-video-related updates after 10.3 release. After a brief experiment with my i845G, I'm of the opinion that 'sax2 -r -m 0=i810' has significant nonzero probability of providing you little or no improvement. Anticipating that likelihood, here's an unusual approach - try using an xorg.conf I custom built that works on my i845G. 1-Download http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/tmp/xorg-i845G-intel-1400x1050x092x24.conf 2-Move it into your /etc/X11 directory 3-Assuming you did not yet do 'sax2 -r -m 0=i810', rename /etc/X11/xorg.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf-sax2gui.02. If you did do that already, substitute xorg.conf-sax2-r-m-0=i810.03 as the new (backup) filename. 4-Copy the downloaded file to xorg.conf 5-Log out 6-Log in If I was actually doing what I just suggested, here's what I'd do instead, in more detail: 1-Download the file 2-Log out 3-Switch to VC2 (Ctrl-Alt-F2) 4-Log in as root 5-'mc' 6-chdir to /etc/X11 in right panel (TAB to get from left to right) 7-chdir to location of downloaded file in left panel 8-highlight the filename of the downloaded file (use arrows) 9-mv the file from left to right (F6) 10-highlight the existing xorg.conf (use arrows) 11-Shift-F4 -> type in filename modification 12-highlight the downloaded file (use arrows) 13-Shift-F3 -> edit filename 14-F10 (quit mc) 15-'init 3' (stops X) 16-'init 5' (starts X) 17-login 18-start Konsole 19-'xrdb -query | grep Xft' 20-'kcmshell xserver&' 21-Load http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/auth/dpi-screen-window.html in Firefox 22-Report findings to this mailing list Steps 3-16 I estimate would take me under 60 seconds. If you find yourself with some waiting time while doing updates, go ahead and read all the way through https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331609 even though much there is likely over your head. There are bits there that could come in handy. Note the name Stefan Dirsch there. If we can't figure this out, he's the developer who should be able to figure out how to fix it - if you can get his attention. -- "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:1 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org