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Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] SiS6215 -- That blasted card again! ;-) Another
Possible Soln
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 22:37:38 +0530
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I have a SiS 6326 card and have been successfully using X for the past
couple of months with the following tweaks to the XF86Config file:
in the section "Device" for the card, add the following:
Option "no_accel"
Option "no_linear"
Option "sw_cursor"
While it will result in inability to use >8bpp depth, working with X shall
not be a problem.
Rajat.
----- Original Message -----
From: Shanker R Swaminathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 11, 1999 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] SiS6215 -- That blasted card again! ;-)Possible
Soln
> 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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