Trevor Farrell wrote:
>
> 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
Thanks Trevor,
Ver4 is said by other users to be smaller, faster and better. I am
always interested in deals like that.
