I installed suse 10. when i want to use it the monitor displays OUT OF RANGE i tried sax2 but everything freezes.

what can I do?

installed suse 10 twice, it would only give me 1280x1024, print was so tiny I thought I was going blind.
tried sax2 to get 800x600, nothing worked. suse 10 has problems, at least for me.
if you find a solution let me know!
thanks

Sounds like SuSE didn't recognize your brand and model of monitor. Get your model number and run sax2. Chances are your monitors in their list but doesn't do a good job of identifying itself to Linux. Even without identifying your monitor, if you know the max resolution sax2 can work with that. SuSE is trying not to destroy your monitor, something you can do with the wrong configuration parameters.

when I ran sax2 everything freezes and I cannot do anything

the x server isn't runnig
what should I do to start it?
I edited the file XF86Config but it didn't help.

You're getting beyond my knowledge. I looked at my XF86Config and the comments said it's automatically generated and I shouldn't edit it. I also saw a couple of probable versions of this file with -{date} appended to the name -- probable backups. I'd try to restore the file to its last value. I'm grasping at straws. I never edit config files I'm told not to.

I edited it but it didn't help.

cinek2008,

The file you want to edit is in fact "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" what your looking for is a section that looks like:

Section "Monitor"
DisplaySize 340 270
HorizSync 31-85
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "1280X960@85HZ"
VendorName "--> VESA"
VertRefresh 50-85
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection

you should try changing ModelName to something around 800X600@65HZ and see if that works if it does than you should be able to run sax2 without problems another thing to look at is the VendorName, VESA is a basic driver that should work with any hardware that will show your computers BIOS post if you ever have issues with graphics settings it's a good thing to try resetting that to VESA then move away from the VESA driver once you know all your other settings work properly, if it still does not work you could copy the file "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.install" over your "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" file (after making a backup of course) this should reset your display settings to the ones used during your instalation, so if you were able to do a graphical install allright you will be able to run your graphical system allright. once thats working then use sax2 to change your settings and make sure to test your new settings before you save them.


zipidachimp,

If you are running KDE you can go into the Kmenu --> System --> Desktop Applet --> Screen Resize and Rotate

this will start up an applet in your system tray that will let you change you resolution.

The other thing I have noticed is that the system fonts have been set to something like 8 or 9 pt, if the only problem you have with a resolution of 1280x1024 is the text size you should go into the controll center (Kmenu --> Control Center) under the Apperance & Themes tab there is a tab called fonts, this will let you change the system fonts to something larger. I'm a graphic artist and so I tend to use resolutions ranging from 1280x960 up to 1600x1200 and everytime I reload or update SuSE I have to go in and set the font size to something bigger, once thats done I'm able to easily read text on the screen.

I had the same problem-this will fix it_
Boot your installation normally from hard drive-
You should have a fail-safe option-use that-
This will get you to text mode-log in
Type in sax2-it will prompt for su password-
When the screen comes up click on adjust display settings-use 1024 x 768
It will ask to test-do that
It will ask to keep this setting-do that.

Now with any luck restart your system-go with your usual SUSE 10.0 and you should be OK.I would also fire up GOOGLE-search for all Linux forums-bookmark everyone of them and check the forums one at a time even if you dont think it would apply to your situation!I have received many answers and helpful solutions to problems just such as this.
I hope this helps you!

I haven't been able to get anything but 1280x1024 ever since installing a Geforce FX4200 w/NVIDIA. Before, I could get 1024/768 which is what I like. It's the same on Suse, Mepis but not Xandros, I triple boot. Xandros wasn't affected for some reason. HP 19" monitor that Sax2 has in it's data.

I had the same problem when switching to an LCD monitor. I could boot into text but running sax2 would put the video into a non functional graphics mode even before allowing me to select a graphics mode. By passing sax2 parameters (which ones I forget but they can be found in the man pages I used a VESA mode) I was able to get sax2 up and running so I could select working video modes. I have an old dell GX1 and a Princeton LCD monitor which requires 60Hz and only some resolutions work.

Probably didn't configure your xorg.conf similarly. Check for the diff.

Following installation or graphics changes, if you just get a blank screen and a monitor message stating 'Out of Range', simply press 'ctrl-alt-+' together a couple of times. This cycles you through the available screen resolutions and will take you to one that your monitor supports.

When you have done this, using 'hwinfo --monitor' in a shell will give you the max/min supported display sizes and frequency ranges supported by your monitor. You can make a note of this information and later feed it into SaX2 to tune your display.