[NBLUG/talk] SaX2 woes

[Mark Janes]

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William,

~   First of all, which version of SuSE are you running, and on which
laptop? Also, are your monitor settings correct or reasonably close?
In any event, FWIW, here's how I got it working on my laptop (IBM
Thinkpad 770 running SuSE 9.1):
1. Start SaX2.
2. If SaX2 settings were saved, click the 'Change configuration' button.
3. Click the 'color and resolution' link, then click on 'properties'.
4. Set colors to whichever setting you want- be careful here, sometimes
high resolution and 24-bit color depth is not supported; try 16-bit if
this is the case.
5. Click on the 'colors for <however many> colors.'
6. Click on the '1024x768' box. That box and the ones below should have
x's appear in them.
7. At this point the message at the bottom of the window should say
"Graphics engine starts with resolution:" and right below, "1024x768"
should appear.
8. If all looks in order at this point, click the "finalize" button, then
click the 'test' button; SaX will at this point generate a test window,
and in that window a box will list the resolution and color depth, as
well
as the horizontal and vertical frequencies used.

~   As for a wireless card, I'd advise getting a wireless card which
uses the Orinoco/Hermes chipset; YaST will set these cards up easily.
PrismII cards are somewhat supported but it's a more manual process,
and the only reason I'd consider it is to run a Senao high-powered
(200mW) wireless card.

Mark Janes

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