[plug] SiS530 video chipset and X

[John Summerfield]

> Hi all,
>     I have just loaded redhat 5.2 onto a system using an integrated
> motherboard containing a SiS530 video chipset onboard.  Has anyone had
> any luck in setting this chipset up under X.  The SiS help on the XF86
> site did not work (wrong chipset?) and a web search shows little .  Even
> 
> basic vga/svga servers at 640x480x16 don't work.  Works in windoze at
> vga and is fine in console text mode.  The symptoms look (something)
>XFree86-3.3.3 or later. You need the SVGA driver. possibly just the 
driver will work: I mixed levels sucessfully a few years ago wbe I needed 
support for a trident chipset.



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