Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 22:59:07 GMT From: <jstarkey@polaris.umuc.edu> To: Dru <genisis@istar.ca> Cc: Jim Conner <jconner@enterit.com>, Fawaz Talal <bsdi@usa.net>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: SiS 6326 Message-ID: <20000305.22590700@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003051311240.6257-100000@genisis.istar.ca> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003051311240.6257-100000@genisis.istar.ca>
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I had a helluva time trying to set up my girlfriends HP Pavilion with=20 RedHat 6.1 (XFree86). The problem which couldn't be fixed in Windoze=20 is almost gone. I had a problem with it on Fri. and rebooted outta=20 frustration. Rebooting fixed it but there is one problem I haven't been able to tackle, which is a xterm problem. I get no echo. Just blank spaces. Actually I don't even get the prompt, but there is a flashing cursor. Ok. Where this fits in: I had the White square problem and many others. I managed to fix it with XF86Config and here is a copy of the entries pertaining to the video out: Section "Device" Identifier "SiS" VendorName "SiS" BoardName "5988" #VideoRam 1024 Option "no_accel" # Use this if acceleration is causing problems # Option "fifo_moderate" # Option "fifo_conserv" # Option "fifo_aggresive" # Option "fast_vram" # Option "pci_burst_on" # Option "xaa_benchmark" # DON'T use with "ext_eng_queue" !!! # Option "ext_eng_queue" # Turbo-queue. This can cause drawing # errors, but gives some accel # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate EndSection # ********************************************************************** # Screen sections # ********************************************************************** # The Colour SVGA server Section "Screen" Driver "svga" # Use Device "Generic VGA" for Standard VGA 320x200x256 #Device "Generic VGA" Device "SiS" Monitor "SiS01" Subsection "Display" Depth 8 # Omit the Modes line for the "Generic VGA" device Modes "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 # Use Virtual 320 200 for Generic VGA EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "640x400" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection EndSection # The 16-color VGA server Section "Screen" Driver "vga16" Device "Generic VGA" Monitor "SiS01" Subsection "Display" Modes "640x480" "800x600" ViewPort 0 0 Virtual 800 600 EndSubsection EndSection # The Mono server Section "Screen" Driver "vga2" Device "Generic VGA" Monitor "SiS01" Subsection "Display" Modes "640x480" "800x600" ViewPort 0 0 Virtual 800 600 EndSubsection EndSection # The accelerated servers (S3, Mach32, Mach8, 8514, P9000, AGX, W32, Mach64) Section "Screen" Driver "accel" Device "SiS" Monitor "SiS01" Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "640x400" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection EndSection I normally edit the config file directly. I hope this will save someone the time it took me to "trial-and-error" it. John >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 3/5/00, 2:48:43 PM, Dru <genisis@istar.ca> wrote regarding Re: SiS 6326: > I have one of these cards, and had a helluva time getting it to work; I > even read the doc for this card (usually stubborn trial and error lets= me > build with other cards). To quote: > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README.SiS > "The generic VGA driver doesn't work with 6326, so XF86Setup can't be used > for this card. Please use XF86Config instead." > Then there's other disclaimers for problems with snow, black screens, etc. > I used XF86Config to create a useable X GUI (running Windowmaker) with= > this incantation: > SVGA at 800x600 and 8bpp > However, when I start it up, I have an irritating 1 inch square of white > where the cursor should be. The first time I right click, I get a cursor, > but my blue wallpaper turns white; other than that, works great ;) > If you come up with a better recipe, let me know. > Dru > On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, Jim Conner wrote: > > I've had the very same problem but Im using a P180MMX 128Mb. But it= s > > true...nothing even gets logged and the only way to recover is to reset the > > machine at the switch. Im interested to see if anyone has some fixe= s for > > this. Im even using the latest build (or at the one just before the= last > > release...sorry can't be more specific than that.) > > > > Jim > > > > > > At 08:14 AM 3/5/00 +0200, Fawaz Talal wrote: > > >Speacking of setting up my X: > > >During installing FreeBSD 3.2-R, on AMD K6-II w/ 64MB Ram & IDE HDD= + ATAPI > > >CD.. > > >When I try to configure XFree86 During installation, the machine halts when it > > >trys to start the configuration GUI, and nothing is working even ALT-F<x>. > > > > > >Any idea ? > > > > > >When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients.= > > > > > >Sincerely, > > >Fawaz Talal > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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