SuSE 9.1 - No graphical login

[edwardp at operamail.com]

SuSE 9.1 Personal was installed on a Compaq Presario 5900Z desktop this evening.  Unfortunately, I am unable to get a graphical login for the user, and advised that they purchase a copy of Windows XP Home and I would gladly install that.

Specifically, it does not like the monitor, a TRL/RIC DH-1764.  I changed the resolution from the default to 1024x768 (this was after installation and before first login), then when it switched to the X Server to test the video:

Open APM Failed (dev/apm_bios) No such device.  No devices detected.  

Upon bootup and entering YaST after a text login, it displays a box indicating:

Monitor (0) with ID:  ___FFFF not found.  Please set up monitor manually.

The person also had two additional Compaq-branded monitors, neither of which are listed as supported Compaq monitors in the monitor listing under Compaq.

SuSE initially defaulted the monitor to VESA 1280x1024, however when the config with that setting was saved, the X Server brought up the same error as above (Open APM failed).

I am not exactly sure why the above is occurring, since the same TRL/RIC monitor model worked perfectly on a generic home-built system with 8.2 and 9.0 previously.  Since the system is a Compaq, could something inside it be overriding something else so that correct monitor information is not being sent to YaST?  FWIW, the video card is an S3 Savage 4.  
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