[plug] X/SiS 6326

[Michael Hunt]

I feel like a distro war how bout you ?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-plug at linux.org.au [mailto:owner-plug at linux.org.au]On Behalf
> Of Rick (VK6EP)
> Sent: Friday, March 19, 1999 3:02 PM
> To: plug at linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] X/SiS 6326
>
>
> It's my understanding that SuSE have a driver for that chip. I've tried,
> without success, to install Caldera 1.3. It works fine in the shell, but
> has no drivers for X. Guess I'll have to try SuSE. Plan to do that anyway,
> so no great shakes.
>
> Only installed Caldera as it came with my book, 'the absolute
> idiot's guide
> to linux'. Now, all I have to do is get a real distro. (OK guys, settle)
>
>
> At 03:51  15/03/99 +0000, you wrote:
> >Connell wrote:
> >> Has anyone run X on a SIS 6326 video card?
> >
> >Sounds like the driver is not quite right. Is there a driver for a more
> >primitive version of the same chipset that you could try? If the card
> >claims VESA 2 compliance, you might like to try running it through the
> >FrameBuffer driver instead of directly.
> >
> >> The reset button is the only escape.
> >
> >Ctrl-Alt-Backspace doesn't work?
> >
> >--
> >The system runs with NT 3.51, service pack 5. At now, we have no idea
> >why.
> >		-- out of context; from a mailing list
> >
> >
>
>
> Cheers
> Rick
>
> E=Mail    - rickd at iinet.net.au
> Home Page - http://opera.iinet.net.au/~rickd/index.html
>