andre,
Thanks very much for the followup reply! :-)
andre wrote:
> I'm happy to hear that the SiS video has actually any umpfe.
Sorry, what is "umpfe"?
The integrate
> everything in a chip chipset is called a 730 but it can be that the video in
> it is the same as a 630.
That makes sense!
> The fact that XFdrake doesn't give the option for XF4. It is just a database
> with some minor poling and seeing that the 730 is new is probably the reason
> why it hasn't been added.
Any hints on where that database is and how I could add something to it?
>
> About there being a driver for it. I don't know and the documentation from X
> about SiS drivers is (really) bad so i would suggest looking at the source. I
> can read it but i think you can understand it so i would say:may the source
> be with you.
>
First I would like to try to make the generic VGA (SVGA) or the
framebuffer driver work, then see if I have problems. Is there a
parameter I can pass to the kernel at the start of install to specify
the video driver I want to use?
> There is a real possibillity that if it works with XF4 it doesn't work with a
> framebuffered tty (as needed by Aurora) because the SIS 6326 and 530 have
> problems with it. It could be that it has been solved but for a strange
> reason i don't think so.(haven't used my SiS6326 for about 2 weeks)
Noted.
Thanks very much for your help!
Randy Kramer
