[plug] X/SiS 6326

[Rick (VK6EP)]

A distro war!!!  All that passion, eh..

Tell you what I will do, I'll put my experiences on this group. I've had a
bash at red-hat and caldera now. Neither of which I am real excited about.
When I've had a go with SuSE, I'll be in a position, as a newbie, to advise
on the easiest install.

I know that an easy install doesn't necessarily make a good distro, but, if
they can get that right, perhaps the rest will be easier too??


At 03:56  19/03/99 +0800, you wrote:
>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
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>>
>
>


Cheers
Rick

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