On Mon, 2 Jul 2001 01:20, L.V.Gandhi wrote:
> I was trying to install MDK 8.0 in a machine with SIS card 6215. While
> installing it starts in graphics. I saw in console one as 16 bpp, driver
> as cfb16, no acceleration and FBDev used. But after installation GUI
> doesn't work. First I get hanging with Super check serial port. I have
> also observed one more funny thing while install. Though I have 3 button
> ord mouse, it shows buttons 5 and zaxismapping in tty1. I saw X as 3.3.6
> using X -version after installation. But xf86config leads to a file that
> is
> compatible with X 4. It didn't give option of selecting X while
> installing. How to go about mdk
> 8.0 and sis
I believe that you did not get an option to choose between XFree 3.x and
XFree 4.x because XFree 4.x does not yet support your card. SiS cards have
never (AFAIK) been well supported in XFree (any version). Have you searched
for SiS 6215 chipset support at http://www.xfree86.org?
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