-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello Lou,
Thomas gave me the following link. It contains some good info on the SIS630 Kind Regards, Graeme. Public Key available from: http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371 ldap://keyserver.pgp.com Look here: http://www.webit.com/tw Choose "Linux on Gericom". Thomas - -- Thomas Winischhofer Vienna/Austria Check it out: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.webit.com/tw ICQ #63288080 - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lou Spironello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 3:03 AM Subject: [Newbie]Sis630 video problem > 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 bought this motherboard this past Friday and I have to determine > if I'm going to keep this motherboard or replace it. > > 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. > > 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? > > Thank you in advance for any help. > Lou Spironello > > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBPAi+5gCIBHsR9QnEEQJMGgCgpoQqUrJVLNsYFm2syZ1HTlkWWXUAn1BN r4rKaTnhEr4aE/yrRXryPn6Z =1CYo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
