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   Message 137,930 of 138,051   
   Carlos E. R. to philo   
   Re: SUSE newbie   
   05 Jul 24 21:58:25   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2024-07-05 20:35, philo wrote:   
   > On 7/5/24 1:18 PM, Johnny wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 5 Jul 2024 13:10:43 -0500   
   >> philo  wrote:   
   >>   
      
      
   >>>> Insufficient data to process request.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Look at the logs for clues.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> I did and it said I need to reconfigure my video settings.   
      
   Surely it said something more verbose than that.   
      
   >>>   
   >>> Need the command to do so.   
   >>>   
   >>> I can open yast2 from the terminal but did not see any way to   
   >>> reconfigure video   
   >>   
   >> Doesn't SUSE have a Settings Manager with Appearance, Display and many   
   >> other items?   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > That's the problem   
   > When the display didn't open, the message was to use the settings manager   
   >   
   > As I have asked, what command do I issue to access it?   
   >   
   > Thus far I found yast2 but there was no option to configure the display.   
   >   
   >   
   > FWIW: The only reason I installed SUSE was simply to evaluate it, so I   
   > might as well just poke around on my own,   
   >   
   > Still, if anyone know how to reconfigure video from the command line...   
   > please pass along the info.   
      
   It is not trivial. Edit files just as in any distro, manually.   
      
   Considering it is a new install, then just install fresh again, this   
   time using the exact hardware you are going to use. Hunting for the   
   problem is a waste of time.   
      
   --   
   Cheers,   
           Carlos E.R.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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