Manual configuration of X-Window system (Suse 12x)

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I have a laptop with a wide-screen WXGA 1280x800 monitor. Suse 12.2 can not detect the correct monitor mode for X11; hence the offered screen resolution is not perfect. I can boot with VGA=791 kernel parameter, which improves the resolution to 1024x768, but that is still not good. It is not possible to change the resolution in the Gnome system panel. Among the hardware information, it is written that the monitor has resolution 1024x768; however that is not the correct statement. Hence, the OS badly detected the monitor type.

I have found that in new Linux versions the X-Window system is configured completely automatically. However, in the present case, the automatism failed. Is there a way to configure X11 by hand or fix the problem in another way?

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Did we already try Alt+F2==>gnome-control-center==>Display==>change resolution

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Yes, I tried it. In the gnome-control-center, there is only one resolution: 1024x768. It is not possible to change that. In addition, nothing can be changed on the panel. For example, pushing the button “Detect displays” causes nothing.

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Video card?? You may need to install the propritary driver for it if NVIDA or AMD/ATI

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also checkout https://lizards.opensuse.org/2013/03/17/opensuse-12-3-12-2-and-nvidia-drivers/

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The video card is : Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter. There is also additional information as: SiS Mirage 3+ Graphics, 64-256 MB Shared Memory.

As I see, NVIDA does not play role here.

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http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/hardware/478096-sis-771-671-pcie-display-adapter-driver-opensuse-12-2-a.html
This will help you with 12.2 … not working on 12.3 yet

Greetings