On 24-10-12 13:09, Felix Miata wrote:
Either create a multiboot configuration on your existing system, or get a second machine to experiment with[1]. Then install Factory on it, and subscribe to the opensuse-factory and opensuse-xorg mailing lists. Developers are thin on the ability to test what they call "edge cases", of which yours would qualify. They don't test on hardware they don't have. If edge case users don't speak up by filing bugs when things that used to work break, they don't know and thus don't undo the damage done by the evolutionary process of "improving" software to support new hardware and features. This needs doing in development versions, not after release when the only bugs that get fixed are security-related or are low risk for creating consequent bugs.
Occasionally, used to work but not any more problems exposed on the opensuse-factory list can bring results that can be backported to an existing release. For Xorg problems substitute or add the opensuse-xorg list. Also add the xorg@lists.x.org and/or xorg-devel@lists.x.org upstream list(s) so that your "edge case" predicament gets wider exposure. Asking on the xorg@lists.x.org list may actually get a solution to what you asked here in the first place. If it doesn't, there's a strong likelihood your problem is not limited to openSUSE 12.2. *buntu 10.04 is 30 months old, which in the FOSS world is ancient.
Felix, It's a dual boot machine, with Ubuntu10.04 LTS on it, and now OS 12.2. No place anymore for another operating system. I could use an external disk, but I hesitate because I don't know Grub2 enough to restore my system should grub be screwed up. I just tried the live-CD of Ubuntu 12.04 and there all works fine, I can configure to have two working displays. Does this mean OpenSuse is the culprit ? I looked at the archives of opensuse.xorg, but that's an extremely low-trafic list, only a few posts per month. But I'll try anyway. Thanks for your input. Regards, Koenraad Lelong -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org