Re: [newbie] SiS 630 on Notebooks

2001-09-08 Thread Randy Kramer
civileme wrote: Hmmm, well the 630/730 is supposed to be commonly supported by SiS GPL drivers, but not generally on notebooks where the manufacturer has to do some special dodges just to get things to work (then writes special drivers for windows). I wish I had a place I could direct you

Re: [newbie] SiS 630 on Notebooks

2001-09-07 Thread civileme
. thanks Navin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of civileme Sent: Friday, 7 September 2001 4:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] SiS 630 on Notebooks 8.0 Video will work First install and let the recommended

[newbie] SiS 630 on Notebooks

2001-09-06 Thread civileme
8.0 Video will work First install and let the recommended configuration be made for the SiS. Next, go to console and login as root (select NOT to have X start at boot) from a console use your favorite editor to edit /etc/lilo.conf add the line or change the vga line for the linux boot to

RE: [newbie] SiS 630 on Notebooks

2001-09-06 Thread Navin Daryanani
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of civileme Sent: Friday, 7 September 2001 4:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] SiS 630 on Notebooks 8.0 Video will work First install and let the recommended configuration be made for the SiS. Next, go to console and login as root (select NOT to have X

Re: [newbie] SiS 630 chipset

2001-09-05 Thread Michael Falzon
Message - From: Navin Daryanani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 2:54 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] SiS 630 chipset yes. I have tried the driver from www.sis.com - editing of /etc/X11/XFree86- manually or with xconfigurator with various

Re: [newbie] SiS 630 chipset

2001-09-05 Thread Arthur H. Johnson II
: [newbie] SiS 630 chipset yes. I have tried the driver from www.sis.com - editing of /etc/X11/XFree86- manually or with xconfigurator with various combinations on parameters, etc. nothing. the only thing I have not tried is recompiling the kernel. navin -Original

Re: [newbie] SiS 630 chipset

2001-09-05 Thread Michael Falzon
] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 11:13 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] SiS 630 chipset I just bought a SiS motherboard. Does SiS stand for SiS(ie), cause this motherboard is a pain! On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Michael Falzon wrote: Hi how did u go with this ( why i'm i

Re: [newbie] SiS 630 chipset

2001-09-05 Thread Arthur H. Johnson II
it - Original Message - From: Arthur H. Johnson II [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 11:13 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] SiS 630 chipset I just bought a SiS motherboard. Does SiS stand for SiS(ie), cause

Re: [newbie] SiS 630 chipset

2001-08-30 Thread Derek Jennings
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [newbie] SiS 735 chipset/ecs k7s5a Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 10:17:07 -0400 From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thursday 30 August 2001 3:24 am, you wrote: Talking about SiS -- please tell me if anyone can solve

RE: [newbie] SiS 630 chipset

2001-08-30 Thread Navin Daryanani
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Derek Jennings Sent: Friday, 31 August 2001 12:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] SiS 630 chipset -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [newbie] SiS 735 chipset/ecs k7s5a Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 10:17:07 -0400 From: Derek Jennings

[newbie] SiS 630

2001-07-09 Thread Mark Annandale
Hello again I just had a look at the XFree site where it states that release 3.3.6 has support for the 630 chipset. There uis also support for the 630 chipset in release 4.0 however they claim there are some problems with it. My advice would be to stick with 3.3.6 or a framebuffer server if

Re: [newbie] SiS 630

2001-07-09 Thread Pere Castañer
El Lun 09 Jul 2001 23:33, Mark Annandale escribió: Hello again I just had a look at the XFree site where it states that release 3.3.6 has support for the 630 chipset. There uis also support for the 630 chipset in release 4.0 however they claim there are some problems with it. My advice