i did try installing thr rpm for i810 (my system does not have the card)
the orig. config file is saved with the extension .saved so that you can
readily restore things.
r /\ |-| |_| |_
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What a man has to go through for a piece of ass in this world is highly
ridiculous
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----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 7:59 AM
Subject: Re: [LIH] X display distorted after reboot
> Hi,
>
> does the XF86Config file get overwritten? This should generally not happen
> unless you (or the system) runs Linuxconf. Anyway, try installing a
> different version of the SVGA server and check if that works. The XFree86
> package is fine and probably you don't need to touch the XF86Config file
> either. Maybe there is simply a version mismatch. Try installing an older
> or newer version of the SVGA server.
>
> best wishes,
> Indraneel
>
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Dr.Sanjay R.Nair wrote:
>
> > I'm new to linux. I recently installed Red Hat 6.1 from a PCQ CD in my
system. I have a sis6215c graphics
> > card.
> >
> > On starting X, the display was distorted and there was a large square in
place of the cursor. After
> > going through the previous posts in this group I managed to solve the
problem and get a decent display by
> > adding the following lines in the /etc/X11/XF86Config file:
> > Option "no_bitblt"
> > Option "no_accel"
> >
> > My problem is that the display gets distorted again and the cursor
changes back to square, once I reboot
> > the system. Then I have to run Xconfigurator and edit the XF86Config
file again to restore the display.
> > This does not happen always, but it happens nine out of ten times.
>
>
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