Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 01:12:38 +1100 From: System & <operator@spyder.bytecraft.au.com> To: northern snowfall <dbailey27@ameritech.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCI interpretation question AND Superprobe question Message-ID: <20030213011238.A30201@spyder.bytecraft.au.com> In-Reply-To: <3E49CB2D.5050207@ameritech.net>; from dbailey27@ameritech.net on Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 11:18:53PM -0500 References: <200302121451.00506.murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com> <3E49CB2D.5050207@ameritech.net>
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On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 11:18:53PM -0500, northern snowfall wrote: > > > > > >pci bus 0x0001 cardnum 0x00 function 0x00: vendor 0x1039 device 0x6326 > > SiS 6326 > > > The SiS 6326 has 8MB or 4MB on-board RAM. You should be able to let X > autodetect the video size by selecting 8MB in X86Config. If there is > less X will > figure it out with a probe. > > FYI, the BASE[0-2] values are either memory mapped I/O or classic port > I/O for transferring data to/from the PCI. It is not RAM. > Don > Thanks for the assist BTW .. X didnt get it right when I set 8192 in the X86Config file All I got was a _very_ streaky, torn image ... Ctrl-Alt-BkSp Set it to 4096 and all is great. (normally I would have opened the box and ripped out the card and read the RAM chip label, but _someone_ (now beaten with a dead rat) was of the opinion that TORX screws were a GOOD THING. (the idea was to _secure_ the cabinets so that the ungodly couldnt rip off hardware easily ...) It was pointed out that 'developers' actually _need_ access occasionally, and long lunches by the TORX holder are now a thing of the past! And I now have a TORX tool 8-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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