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sax2

NAME

SaX2 - SuSE advanced X11 configuration, a complete module based X11 configurator

SYNOPSIS

sax2 [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

SaX2 is a program to configure the X-Server. It is able to detect almost all stuff related to the graphics card. The graphics card, Touchscreens, Tablets, 3D features, AccessX, Keyboard, Mouse, Multihead, ... and more can be configured using this tool.

COMMAND LINE OPTIONS

Available command line options are the following:

-b [filename,filename,...]

Activate the SaX2 batch modus. If no filename is given an interactive shell is started to set/overwrite configuration parameters. If the filename doesn't contain any / characters it is assumed to be found in /usr/share/sax/profile.

-b Xinerama | MergedFB

Special call for -b, if Xinerama is specified SaX2 will automatically search for a profile to enable dualhead in old Xinerama style. If MergedFB is specified SaX2 will automatically search for a dualhead profile to activate dualhead using merged framebuffer.

-a

Auto configure modus. Create an automatic configuration without any needed user interaction and GUI.

-l

Enable low resolution. Allow only the 800x600 resolution for the graphics setup. This is usefull if the DDC probing of the monitor results in not displayable resolution values.

-m card X=module,card X=module,...

Set driver module to use for card X You can specify one driver module for each card detected.

-c chip,chip,...

Set chip to use for configuration. The -p option show all available chip numbers and you can select the one you want to use for the configuration.

-d display-number

Set the display manually instead of probing the next free one. This is only usefull if SaX2 was started from a text console.

-x

Use server build in Modelines. This will prevent SaX2 from calculating its own modelines. The server build in mode pool is used instead. This will only work for VESA specified resolutions.

-u

Use server mode suggestion. This will prevent SaX2 from suggesting a resolution used for the configuration. The server itself will decide the best resolution to use than.

-p

Show PCI/AGP information about the detected graphics card(s)

-n node

Set device node to use for the core pointer. This will specify the port the mouse is connected to. For serial mice use /dev/ttySX where X is the port number of the serial device, for USB devices use /dev/input/mice and for PS/2 devices use /dev/psaux.

-t type

Set protocol type to use for the core pointer.

-g

Use gpm as repeater of mouse events.

-s

This option only takes effect if SaX2 has to start its own X-Server. It will than use the system installed config file instead of the HW detection data.

--vesa

This option will set a given resolution and vertical sync value (in Hz) as VESA standard resolution for a specific card. Please note if you set a resolution smaller than 800x600 the graphics user interface won't fit the screen dimensions. The format is the following: Card:XxY@VSync Example: 0:1024x768@85

--sysconfig

this option tell SaX2 to import the system wide config file even if SaX2 was started from a textconsole which normaly will import the SaX2 HW detection data

--fullscreen

start in fullscreen mode

-i

This option will disable the use of profiles which are normally applied automatically if defined for a specifc card or chipset

-r

Remove detection database and re-init the hardware database

-v

print version information and exit.

AUTHORS

Written by Marcus Schäfer

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bugzilla.novell.com>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2005 SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.