Re: SIS 5597 Problems Help

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From: Abe
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 00:00

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Colin Goode wrote in message <7ibbc0$oqu$1@nntp0.reith.bbc.co.uk>...
>I am using a PC chips TXPRO II motherboard with an on board SIS 5597
>graphics controller and am having big problems getting it to work with RED
>HAT 5.2 and Xwindows. Does anybody know how to set-up one of these
>boards/controllers to work. I have run the Xconfiguration program which
does
>not list this device and have also tried using the Generic settings but as
>yet no success. Can anybody HELP
>
>

I too have a SiS vid card. It doesnt work with _any_ distro of Linux that
I've seen so far. I only get gray lines across the screen when I start up X.
Get another vid card, or see if the new XFree86 will help.
(www.xfree86.org). Let me know if you have any luck.

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