Get a decent video card and sound card! I had a motherboard with the SiS
M530 and ProSound built in. Although I had 8 megs of video memory it would
only let me run in 1024x768x8bit or 800x600x16bit modes and the sound just
wouldn't work right. I 'stole' my son's old Opti chipset motherboard with
Matrox Mystic 4Meg video and SBAwe32 sound and I have sound and run
1024x768x32M !
jimmyv
- Original Message -
From: W. Sanford May [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Newbie Linux Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 2:28 PM
Subject: [newbie] X Video Problems
I'm trying to get X running on my home-brewed AMDK6-2 system. Motherboard
is a SiS M598 with built-in 8MB AGP 2D/3D accelerator and built-in audio.
Linux Mandrake 6.0 installs fine. I tried using one of the SiS video
adapter types and just a got a mess in X. Switched to SVGA server,
configured for 1024x768, and I'm getting an X display but it's "squished"
(for lack of a better word). It seems like the resolution switch after
startx is causing problems with the monitor. It's an old Apple Multiple
Scan multi-sync monitor with a PC-style cable adapter. I believe it's the
1705 (Shadow Mask tube, definitely not the Trinitron that was in the
Multiple Scan 17).
Anyway, the Apple Spec database lists 1024x768 as a supported Macintosh
resolution, but only lists 800x600 as max resolution for EVGA. Could this
be the problem? Should I configure for 800x600 only? However, 1024x768
works just find in Windows 98.
Also, is there an X server that directly supports the video chipset on the
SiS M598 motherboard? Lastly, should I expect the built-in audio on the
board to work, or is it a lost cause?
Any help would be appreciated.
sanford
