As for getting X to run...
OK here's what I had to do to get my new ATI AGP card to work. Go to
www.xfree86.org and look at the 'compatability list'. My card's
chipset was added in the newest release. If it's there and not in the
older version (what version are you running anyway?) get XFree86-3.3.3
and install it. I also found that using xf86config rather XF86Setup
and Xconfigurator was the best way to go. It gives you more control.
But you'll need more information, like monitor refresh rates, video
RAM, mouse type, etc.
Now I have 4M of vid RAM on my card but X was reporting 0, I found the
culprit to be the XF86Config file in /etc/X11, the line where my video
card's amount of RAM was set was commented out. Take a look there and
see (it's easy to find look for video memory or something) and
un-comment.
I'd still look for a new version of XFree86 and try running that, I
was surprised to find that it was that easy.
Hope this helps.
---Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Probably no one replied because no one knows anything helpful (or at
least
> no one who is online over the weekend - Monday may bring more help).
Here's
> the little I do know, probably not much help:
>
> 1. The card name reported by SuperProbe is NOT on the list of
supported
> video cards in the Linux Hardware HowTo (at sunsite; dated last July),
> though 3 other SiS cards are listed. This list refers to X11 support,
> though; the fact that you get a command line seems to suggest that
it works
> okay in text mode, much as any VGA-compatible card should.
>
> 2. What else segfaults besides emacs? Saying "application like
emacs" isn't
> very precise. If the problem is only with emacs, I'd suspect a bad
install
> of emacs causing a problem unrelated to the X11 incompatibility.
>
> 3. As to the X11 failure, what do startx and the apps it calls write
to
> STDERR? (It should be on the screen when you revert to the command
line. Or
> if there is a lot, you can capture it to file with "startx
>xerrors.txt
> 2>&1".) What XServer are you using? Does startx fail with the very
generic
> servers, like XF86_SVGA, XF86_VGA16, or XF86_mono (I may have these
names
> slightly wrong, as only the first of them is on my Linux boxes)?
What are
> you using to create /etc/XF86Config (xf86config? XF86Setup?
XConfigurator?
> something else?).
>
> At 05:22 AM 1/10/99 PST, peace motlogelwa wrote:
> >Hi, is anybody over there using the SiS6326 video card. It is
giving me
> >problems. SuperProbe says it has 0Mbytes of memory,but its
specification
> >says it has 8Mbyte. When i try to run application like emacs it
gives me
> >a segmentation fault error.
> >
> >Its my second time to ask for help, but nobody replied yet.
>
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