Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 00:02:40 -0700 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: perl <perl@netmug.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Asus SP97-V and XFree86 Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19980626000240.031a8658@mail.plstn1.sfba.home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980625114330.1471j-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu > References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980624221447.22351A-100000@netmug.org>
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At 11:43 AM 6/25/98 -0700, Doug White wrote: >On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, perl wrote: > >> Hi, I'm wanting to use X on my computer. It has an Asus SP97-V >> motherboard with on-board vga. Currently I can get VGA mode at 640x480 >> and what appears to be SVGA at 320x200. Is it the board or am I not >> configuring something correctly in the X configuration??? > >ASUS is fond of ATI gear, so it may be an ATI card. Try the >Mach64-specific X server. > >Doug White | University of Oregon Unfortunately, it isn't ATI. The graphics chip part of the SP97-V's chipset, the SiS 5598, which is currently not supported by XFree86 3.3.2. It doesn't seem to be compatible with any other graphics chipset. Not surprising considering the motherboard costs $85, less than many decent video cards. The XFree86 folks should add support for this as this is a _very_ popular motherboard at the small computer store where I work. I would guess we sell more than 50 systems a week which use this (decent $579 P-166 systems w/o monitor). --Ludwig Pummer ludwigp@bigfoot.com ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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