[PLUG] Setting up XFree86 with SiS 6326
Zot O'Connor
zot at whiteknighthackers.com
Tue May 14 04:10:49 UTC 2002
run X 4.2.0. The new sis driver in 4.2.0 is much much better for sis
(also trident).
RH 7.3.0 has it. I recompiled the rawhide RPMS for 7.2, and it
complains about a kernel-drm error, but it works.
4.0.1 is pretty old, perhpas you meant 4.1.0?
One "bad" thing about X is you often need to upgrade the whole X tree to
upgrade drivers. It is royal pain.
On Sun, 2002-04-28 at 14:37, RBV wrote:
> I recently installed XFree86 4.0.1, and used the X configurator to generate XF86Config, but the
> resulting configuration has lots of
> problems. I'm using a SiS 6326 card.
>
> The only way I can run X in a usable state is by keeping to 8-bit mode; even then the cursor appears
> only as a square filled with
> random B/W pixels, and after a while of running X, rectangular chunks of windows start appearing in
> weird places, and I finally have
> to shut it down.
>
> Below is the XF86Config file. If anyone has any suggestions, I would love to hear them. (BTW, this
> is the machine that I wanted to
> bring to the Linux Clinic last Saturday, which was cancelled.)
>
> Thanks
> Roger Vanderveen
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
> SubSection "extmod"
> Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
> EndSubSection
>
> Load "type1"
> Load "freetype"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
>
> RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
>
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
>
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>
> Identifier "Keyboard1"
> Driver "Keyboard"
>
> Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
> Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
>
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>
> Identifier "Mouse1"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons"
>
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>
> Identifier "multisync95"
> HorizSync 31.0-96.0
> VertRefresh 55-160
>
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "sis6326"
> Driver "sis"
> VideoRam 8192
> # Option "no_accel" # Use this if acceleration is causing problems
> # Option "fifo_moderate"
> # Option "fifo_conserv"
> # Option "fifo_aggresive"
> # Option "fast_vram"
> # Option "pci_burst_on"
> # Option "xaa_benchmark" # DON'T use with "ext_eng_queue" !!!
> # Option "ext_eng_queue" # Turbo-queue. This can cause drawing
> # errors, but gives some accel
> # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen 1"
> Device "sis6326"
> Monitor "multisync95"
> DefaultDepth 8
>
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> ViewPort 0 0
> EndSubsection
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> ViewPort 0 0
> EndSubsection
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> ViewPort 0 0
> EndSubsection
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>
> Identifier "Simple Layout"
> Screen "Screen 1"
> InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
> InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
>
> EndSection
>
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Zot O'Connor
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