Laurie Harper wrote:
>I'm sure this must have been a frequently voiced cry for help, but I
>can't see a way to search the mailing list archives. If you can point
>me to documentation in lieu of answering directly, that'd be fine too
>:-)
>
>Basically, I'm trying to figure out how to configure X on my Linux
>(Mandrake 8.1) laptop which has a SiS 630 video chipset. I have been
>able to get the 3.3.6 framebuffer server working by setting the boot
>time video mode so X doesn't have to configure the video card, but with
>this configuration I'm unable to switch back to console mode. I've had
>almost no luck getting the 4.x server to work.
>
>I need to be able to set things up so that an external display is driven
>at a different resolution to the LCD. I'm happy with just shutting off
>the LCD and driving just the external monitor, but I'd like to get a
>dual headed mode going if it's possible.
>
>I know the chipset is not well supported in the 4.x series, but should
>work with 3.3.6. I don't care about 3D acceleration, if that makes a
>difference to my options.
>
>Thanks for any help or pointers!
>
>L.
>
hello Laurie,
i think i had the same problem. First i thought it was normal with vesa,
but then i used i hacked sis driver for X4.1
with the same result (could not go back to console mode). My problem
dissapeared, magicly, when i used a 2.2.18 kernel. before i was using
2.4.x. I still dont know the reason but not it seem to work properly.
hope this to help you. Good luck!
mario
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