Dennis Robertson wrote:
> Hello List,
> Has anyone managed to get the SiS 6326 chip to work with version 4 of
> XFree86?
> I installed v4 without drama but, no matter what I do, I cannot get a
> normal mouse pointer; rather, I have the big white square that has
> featured prominently on the newbie list.
> I have read the archives and tried (I think correctly) the Options
> "sw_cursor", "noaccel" and "no_bitblt" as appropriate. I have tried to
> configure a serial IntelliMouse and a conventional 3-button mouse with
> the same unhappy result.
> I have reverted to the previous XFree86(3.3.6?) that ships with LM7.0
> without problems and have the normal pointer back. Does this suggest a
> fault in the "sis" driver in v4 rather than a fault in the SiS chip?
> Then again, some people are having problems with the earlier XFree86,
> but it seems strange that it will work in my setup but not with v4. I
> have an Aopen PA50 AGP card (not flash, I know, and I wish I hadn't
> bought it).
> Has anyone any ideas to help me run v4 other than "buy a better card"?
> Thanks.
I'm a great believer in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" - if ver 3.3.6
works, stay with it until they get the bugs out of ver 4!
(I have a 6326 chip also - mine is on the motherboard)
Trevor
