[H-GEN] getting x working on laptop with a sis chipset video...

[Tony Nugent]

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(replies here to two responses, thanks for them)

On Thu Nov 20 2003 at 15:28, Robert Stanford wrote:

> This site has almost everything you should ever need regarding linux,
> xfree86 and sis chipsets
> 
> http://www.winischhofer.net/linuxsisvga.shtml

Indeed it has, everything and more besides - google.com/linux
quickly got me there very quickly.

  However his site hasn't helped (so far), I suspect that unless I
  am prepared to download and compile the latest beta for his sis
  driver (he's the sis developer for XFree), then it won't.  I
  suspect that going to all that trouble (with an unknown outcome)
  just isn't worth the hassle unless I really, really wanted to get
  3d etc working.

On Thu Nov 20 2003 at 23:27, "Rick Phillips" wrote:

> > I've tried all sorts of settings (incl special LCD tweaks for the
> > sis X driver), different resolutions/hsync/vrefresh settings, etc).

> > If anyone can help me to get this laptop running an X server at
> > something like 1026x768, I'd be very grateful.
> 
> Had this problem with SIS650.
>
> During installation I selected "flat panel 1024x768" monitor and "vesa"
> video driver, and it worked.
> 
> Hope this helps.

Bingo!  Thanks, it did help... can now get X nice and clear at
640x480 through to 1024x768 at up to 32bit without any problems when
going back to a text console.  Nice.

  (Is it ever possible to get more than 1024x786 out of a 15" laptop
  LCD?)

That's all I needed to do, but I assume that by using the vesa
driver then X is unable to do many of the things that the card is
otherwise capable of doing (eg, hardware acceleration and 3D, and
the more advanced X extensions).  Oh well, not to worry - at least
it works.

> Of course Mandrake 9.1/9.2 come with SIS drivers built in which sets up the
> screen automatically without the need for user intervention.

Yeah?  I put SuSE on this particular box, and I happen to have
mandrake9.2 on a dvd (Linux Format, Dec03 issue)... I guess on this
occasion I just chose the wrong one to install:)

Anyway, X is now working for what it needs to do, thanks heaps.
(For more advanced multimedia stuff, then it can always dual-boot
for that:)

> Regards,
> 
> John Daddow

Cheers
Tony

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