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> I installed Red Hat 5.2 a month ago and have been trying to configure
> xwindows since.
> My video card (MWave with SiS 6205 chipset) and monitor (IBM G50) are
> not listed which leaves me no choice except experimenting with different
> config options.
> 
> I know my system is capable of a proper display. When I type 'XF86Config
> ' at Linux prompt to initiate x configuration, I get a perfect screen
> but things fall apart once I finish the configuration phase and exit.
> Linux then starts the server and I end up getting a very small screen on
> either VGA16 0r SVGA.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 

You can get a SiS X driver from Suse (the German Distribution). Works
very well, out to 1024x780x32 (well, it can go further but I have only
run it to that resolution for a friend I did the install for).

So, go to:

ftp://suse.org/pub/SuSE-Linux/suse_update/XSuSE/xsis/

Cheers, Grahame.



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