SaX2 does not set the proper screen resolution on SuSE linux 10.2   spacer
  You install SuSE 10.2 on a notebook (for ex. a HP Compaq nc6400 with Intel 945 GM chip) and although the installation process has correctly determined the screen resolution (1280 x 800) it does not show up (1024 x 768 is applied instead). Trying to set the resolution manually comes to no end because the utility preposed to this function does not list this resolution. An attempt to start sax2 does not bring up the setup window, the program dies quietly after a while.
The paradox is you had installed SuSE 10.1 on the same notebook and every thing worked as expected! This is already a situation where you may start to worry but a little intuition and chance led the author to a workable solution which may also apply to other similar cases.
How it was solved   spacer
  Give a look at the directory /etc/sysconfig of your former installation and examine the content of the file videobios.
The content should look like to the following: 
## Path:        System/Hardware/Graphicscard
## Description: Additional options for graphics cards
## Type:        yesno
## Default:     no
#
# Should the Intel(R) video BIOS be patched to let the X Server run with
# resolutions unknown to the BIOS? Warning, this is potentially dangerous,
# read the documentation in /usr/share/doc/packages/855resolution.
#
VIDEOBIOS_PATCH="yes"

## Type:        string
## Default:
#
# The options passed to 855resolution, usually 3 numbers:
# the video mode to patch, X and Y resolution.
#
VIDEOBIOS_PARAMETERS="3c 1280 800"
If the VIDEOBIOS_PARAMETERS string is set you can copy this file to the same directory in your new installation. After restarting the notebook this will hopefully bring up the proper screen resolution and the problem with sax2 will have disappeared.
Do this manoeuver only if you are certain the setting worked properly on the previous installation otherwise damage to the graphical hardware might arise if they are wrong.