-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello Greg,
Thanks very much, I'll give it a go and let you know. Kind Regards, Graeme. Public Key available from: http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371 ldap://keyserver.pgp.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 4:02 PM Subject: Re: [Newbie]Sis630 video problem > "Graeme Nichols" wrote: > > | > | Yes, I have been following the SiS630 thread for a while now > | > | and while some have managed to get the VESA driver to sort of > | > | work, no one has managed it with RedHat 7.x and XFree86-4.0.3 > | > | that I'm aware of. > | > > | > I don't know anything about Linux, but I doubt if it's all that > | > relevant. I certainly had no luck with the SiS630 under > | > FreeBSD using XFree86-4.0.3, but I have it working OK with > | > XFree86-4.1.0. > | > > | > It's giving me 1024x768 properly positioned on my screen (while > | > the earlier releases gave me 640x480 offset an inch or two down > | > and to the right). The only glitch at present is that it only > | > does 8-bit colour, but at least it gives me something I can > | > work with. I think it's worth upgrading to 4.1.x if you have > | > this chip; and maybe later releases will have the colour > | > problem fixed. > | > | Could you please let me, and others on the list, know how you > | achieved it? Steps you took and a copy of your config file would > | be lovely. > > I just went to ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.1.0/binaries/ > and grabbed the files for my platform as per the instructions > there and then installed 4.1.0. > > I then ran xf86cfg which generated a perfect XF86Config file > except that it only had "640x480" modes in it. I just changed > the following line in the ""Display" subsections of the Screen" > section from > > Modes "640x480" > > to > > Modes "1024x768" > > and it just worked (so long as I didn't try for more than 8-bit > colour). In fact, I deleted all the other depth "Display" > items. > > I hope this is helpful. > _______________________________________________ > 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/AwUBPBl+6ACIBHsR9QnEEQJZvwCfXtjAvfnv0itM2N5GruRXflzYPUYAoJUC xmHAbCe00VoMk4RFnYpWhubQ =kfHQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
