WAIT ! there could be a way out!The SiS 6215c supports VESA BIOS 2 if i
remember right.Linux Kernel 2.2 onwards supports a VESA Framebuffer X Server
. There is a howto on this in the usr/docs/howto/mini directory. I use
kernel 2.2.1 where on including vesafb i keep getting compile errors so it
might be advisable to use a newer stable kernel -2.2.5 -e.g.
Include vesafb support in your kernel and set the x server to vesafb.
hopefully you may get something like 800x600 16 bit.
Hope this helps.
Shanker
P.S.
AVOID THE ENTIRE SIS FAMILY henceforth. I have tried even the 6326 AGP with
TV out. That card comes for around Rs 1150 and it has h/w support for MPEG,
AGP 2x etc. , etc. However it managed to lock up my machine whenever i tried
to run X. I got the same result on 3 other machines where i tried it out. I
had to get rid of it .:-(
shanker
----- Original Message -----
From: Indranil Das Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 11, 1999 07:00
Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] SiS6215 -- That blasted card again! ;-)
> Personally I am all for throwing out the card....but Supratik, whose m/c
it
> sits on is a student, and unlike those of the ILUG-Cal folks who are
> employed, has to make the best of the situation....due to the obvious
> reason of limited finances... thats why I asked if anyone has been able to
> make SiS6215C work at more than 256 colors. Seems like he has to do what
> you all suggest .. :-)
>
> Thanks all the same.
> --Indra
>
> ----------
> From: Shanker R Swaminathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] SiS6215 -- That blasted card again! ;-)
> Date: Sunday, July 11, 1999 5:45 PM
>
> Throw that card out.Some of them have problems going beyond 60 hz refresh
> rate as well! Exchange with the S3 trio64+ , difference was Rs 75 1 1/2
> months back when a friend & I got rid of it.
> shanker
>
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