On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, satej ankolekar wrote about , SiS 6215 doesn't work under RHL
6.1:
> Hello everybody,
> can somebody help me with my SiS 6215
> card which shows big big pictures when I try to
> configure it using Xconfigurator. I get a huge X when
> it starts in the mouse place on the monitor. Then
> everything's huge. Though the card number is mentioned
> in the card list supported by RHL 6.1 , why does this
> happen?
Possably because of a misconfiuration. In my experiamnce Xconfigurator is
not such a good tool to use for configuring ALL types of cards.
> Even probing for memory gives an error saying
> that memory can't be probed for and asks the user to
> choose it.
You dont need to define the memory to start with,
> I have tried changing the display modes in
> the XF86Config file by hand but haven't succeeded in
> obtaining the right size of applets on my screen. I
> have even tried to use xf86config which manually does
> the configuring. I even bought PCQ magazine and
> installed xsis.rpm to configure the card but in vain.
> Please help me!!
It sounds like you or Xconfigurator has choosen the wrong X_server you need
to use XF86_SVGA or i belive as an alternative XFCom_SiS obtainable from
www.suse. I would read carefully the tips on that URL about SiS cards, i
have a 6326 which has a lot of quirks and will not work with the SVGA
server.
Here is what i use;
# Device configured by xf86config:
Section "Device"
Identifier "SiS 6326"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
VideoRam 8192
# Option "no_accel" # Use this if acceleration is causing problems
# Option "fifo_moderate"
# Option "fifo_conserv"
# Option "fifo_aggresive"
# Option "fast_vram"
# Option "pci_burst_on"
# Option "xaa_benchmark" # DON'T use with "ext_eng_queue" !!!
# Option "ext_eng_queue" # Turbo-queue. This can cause drawing
# errors, but gives some accel
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
# The Colour SVGA server
Section "Screen"
Driver "svga"
# Use Device "Generic VGA" for Standard VGA 320x200x256
#Device "Generic VGA"
Device "SiS 6326"
Monitor "Process"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
# Omit the Modes line for the "Generic VGA" device
Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
ViewPort 0 0
# Use Virtual 320 200 for Generic VGA
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "640x480" "800x600" "1280x1024"
Virtual 1024 768
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
Virtual 1024 768
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
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