Even after installation. Sabayon didn't set my resolution correctly despite the presence of ATI Catalyst drivers out of the box. I tried fiddling around with xorg.conf-even adding a new depth section and new resolutions, but to no avail. I was shocked that I couldn't use the aticonjig command even after the drivers were installed. Whatever I try, I just couldn't set my resolution correctly. Surprisingly, Mandriva using the same proprietary ATI driver lfglrx), sets everything correctly. Although it was unable to set my resolution correctly, it was able to set my graphics card to run Compiz right away.

Since Sabayon comes loaded with all the printer drivers and utilities. I thought it's time I set up my printer. I own a HP all-in-one 1410 printer, which has pretty good Linux support. I have used this printer with all the leading distros without any problems. To use it in Sabayon, I first opened the HP Device Manager. Although this application did detect my printer, it failed to add the respective drivers. So I manually selected the driver from the vast HP database and, to my surprise, in following the series of 'Next' steps, I got a prompt saying, "Printer not configured". This really irritated me, and I launched the GNOME Printer Manager. This application was able to configure my printer correctly for a change. However, when I tried to use XSane to test-scan something, it again reported that there was go device found.

I didn't expect Sabayon to have such issues with my hardware, since it included the latest OSS tools. Other distros that utilise the same tools detect and configure . these easily. Considering that Sabayon comes with kernel 2.6.27, which includes drivers for Atheros Wi-Fi chips that supposedly provide advanced support for the latest Wi- Fi routers, I think there shouldn't be any problem using it. I didn't have one. See if you have any issues and do report your experience.