Thank you for responding to my request. I really didn't want to buy a separate video card. I only have two PCI slots on this board, however, I many have to. Can you suggest other cards which are reasonable?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alberto Manuel Brandao Simoes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 12:18 PM Subject: Re: [Newbie]Sis630 video problem > On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 11:03:43AM -0500, Lou Spironello wrote: > | Anybody find a solution (partial or complete) the the SiS630 video problem. > | I've noticed > | many reports of problems with the SIS630 video problem on this list and on > | others. > | > | I'm running RH 7.2 with a SiS630 video chipset on a Socket A m812 motherboard. > | The SiS630 takes it's memory from the motherboard and I have it configured for > | 16MB. > | The status notes on the Xfree site indicate problems with the SiS630 driver if > | the buffer > | is not configured to 4MB. > > I have it working with 8 (shared, as well) but with frame buffer (not > a really good solution). Yes, I believe you are correct. I haven't played with the frame buffer stuff yet. How do I enable the frame buffer software? > | I bought this motherboard this past Friday and I have to determine if I'm going > | to keep this motherboard or replace it. > > Well... if you have the possibility to change without loosing money, change > it :) There are better graphics cards! > | > | I get different screen behaviours depending upon which program generates the > | XF86Config file. > | > | Xconfigurator creates an XF86Config file which, when loaded, produces a > | horizontal flicker display with some distinguishable X windows, however it is > | unusable and unreadable. > > Thats a refresh rate problem... that should be solutionable with some > test/failure iteractions. Yes, I believe you are correct. However, I supplied the correct H and V freq ranges and I'm somewhat limited for time so playing with the XF86Config file is not high on my priority list. Moreover, this is a double boot machine, Linux/Solairs, I'm still trying to get that problem solved. > | xf86config produces a XF86Config file which produces a black screen. > | > | XFree86 -configure produces a configuration whereby the screen is viewable but > | it crashes. > | The screen is the GNOME brown "screen" pattern with the cursor displayed as a > | large X (i.e. just before the GNOME splash screen is displayed) > | > | I've checked the SIS site and the status section of the XFREE site which > | indicate and number of "FIXES" but none seem to work. The VideoRAM size section > | indicates that there are problems with the SIS chips accessing over 4MB of RAM. > | The board I have only allows a minumum of 8MB configuration. > | > | Anybody have solutions to this problem with the SIS drivers? > > Can't compile it ;( I have seen some sis.patch files in the current X-4.1.0 distro from redhat and there are patches available from SIS for the old X-3 versions and one for X-4.0. Lou.| > Alberto > -- > f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n cmptr prgrmmng. > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
