🚀 go-pugleaf

/dev/null wrote:
> 
> From the command line.. start yast
> go through to System Admin
> then configure XFree86
> you should have the option of SAX
> 
> have fun.. and make windows with X!!



Thanks!  I'll try this.  You've helped me unearth a one-line
mention of SaX in the handbook (amidst the large discussion
of SaX2, which they say is not appropriate for my system).

Unfortunately it seems that my problem 2) will hold me back
for a while - it looks more and more like it could be
hardware related; both Drive Setup and fsck keep complaining
about that hard drive.

Thanks again!
hysterion





> > 1) How do I get X Windows?  The manual warns (�8.2) to
> >    "Never start X until the configuration is finished.
> >    A wrongly configured system can cause irreparable damage
> >    to your hardware."
> >
> >    It also seems to say in �8.4 that for a machine like mine
> >    (/proc/fb says it has "Control" graphic chip, hence should
> >    use XFree86 3.3.6, not 4.0), said configuration is mostly
> >    done automatically during installation, except I should
> >    adjust screen settings using the Framebuffer (xsfbswitch).
> >
> >    Unfortunately xsfbswitch does *nothing*, and in fact an
> >    install log  ("Output of SuSE config") gives me the line:
> >    "XFree86 not configured yet! No graphical login. Check
> >    /etc/XF86Config."   What am I doing wrong?