There seem to be different versions of the SiS AGP 6326 running around the
market. Some work out of the box (Very few), some need to be tweaked by a
few parameters (check the archives for Rajat Patni's post for the parameters
2 months back) , some refuse to even start up in VGA mode (apparently the
sis card has some incompatibilities with even VGA mode , or used to when I
last saw the SiS page at Xfree86.org) and some boot up but cannot show any
decent screen properly without creating artifacts -the ugly lines that u
see. try using the options noaccel and sw_cursor. and please *do* read the
archives. The Entire Sis Family has earned itself a bad name in this user
List.
> > The Video Card Selected is SiS 6326 AGP which gave me
> > SVGA Server.
> > I had also given a res of "640x480";"800x600"& "1024x768".
> > My Monitor has Hfreq 30-60 VFreq 50-120.and I am able to
> > get 256color &16 in 1024x768 in Win95& LINUX also.The background screens
are black and I cannot see the text
> > though I changed the window color characteristics from
> > control panel.Similarly I am unable to tune my screen through xvidtune
as I am unable to read the text though
You need to edit the mode line rates and settings in your xf86config file as
per the values xvidtune shows otherwise the settings are valid for that
session only
> > I can open & close the windows.The windows when moved are taking ages to
draw & the old window marks remain & not being refreshed. looks a memory
problem.How to deal?
Try some of the parameters in the card defination using XF86Setup. If you
are lucky , it could work.
> >
> > On starting X I got the X running but the Desktop size is more than the
> > screen size in the 640x480.
There is an option for a virtual desktop size of size 1280x 1024 in the
config file . Edit it to suit your desktop size.
>> Though all the areas of Desktop is accessible as when the mouse
> > scrolls the Desktop also moves with it. the GNOME/KDE also runs well
with it.
Nothing wrong there. You seem to be in vga mode perhaps?
You are getting a large desktop:-)
This feature is available in the driver utilities of quite a few cards for
Windowz. My present Card - Creative's Graphics Blaster Extreeme allows one
to have different physical and logically sized desktop areas.
If it still does not work , download the SciTech Display doctor for Linux
from the SciTech site and try out the evaluation version. It is a
commercial X Server. The Windows version works like a dream so hopefully
your experience will also be good.
Shanker
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