On 07-Mar-99 Omer Ansari wrote:
> hi there......
>
> i got the OPTI card exchanged with SiS 6202. And i'm got it working with
> the 86c201 driver (which in the README.SiS, says supports 6202 also). I
> faced a few problems like lines on the screen and messed up windows, but
> the command in the Device Sections ... option "noaccel" solved that.
>
> The problem is that i'm using 8bpp, and it's no fun...I read the card's
> specs and they say it can go 16.7 million colours with decent
> resolution. But whenever i try the ... startx -- -bpp 16 (or 24 or 32)
> it says it can't because of the following messages:
Is this a PCI card or a vesa?
>
> .....
> (**) SVGA: Option "noaccel"
> (**) SVGA: Using 16 bpp, Depth 16, Color weight: 565
> (--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 135.000 MHz
> (**) SVGA: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 31.500
> (**) SVGA: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 40.000
> (--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 800x600
> (--) SVGA: SpeedUp code selection modified because virtualX != 1024
> (--) SVGA: sis86c202: Can't find valid PCI Base Address
> (--) SVGA: Disabling Linear Addressing
> (--) SVGA: Try to set MemBase in XF86Config
> (--) SVGA: SIS: Memory mapped I/O selected at 0x0b0000
> (**) SVGA: Using hardware cursor
> SVGA: Linear addressing is required for 16bpp
>
> *** A configured device found, but display modes could not be
> resolved.***
>
> ....
>
>
> and i'm thrown out...i checked up my /proc/pci , and this is what it
> has:
>
> ....
> Bus 0, device 10, function 0:
> VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems 6202 (rev 0).
> Medium devsel. IRQ 255. Master Capable. No bursts.
> Bus 0, device 7, function 1:
> IDE interface: Intel 82371SB PII ....
> ....
>
>
> I'm not getting a prefetchable (or a nonprefetchable for that matter)
> address from this PCI SiS card..is this ok? because i think this is the
> reason why i can't go linear addressing...
>
>
> anyone with any advice?
>
> thanx in advance, buddies :)
>
> --
> Omer Ansari
> Network Engineer,
> Supernet PDSL
> Pakistan.
>
> Digital Fingerprint:
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