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hello
i am very new to this thing and i know next to nothing abt linux(but slowly
learning by getting my fingers wet), and even less abt programming and coding
and whatever.(i am a textile graduate)
so i would be very grateful if you could please advise what to do further to
get to a properly displayed gui
1.Get the source tree: this means the .tgz binary?all i know is that the distro
uses 2.2.16 kernel and XFree86 3.3.6
2.hw/xfree86 : is this a folder in root?or in the linux filesystem? i have
nothing like this..(my copy of Linux is Dragon Linux, which can exist _in_
Win/Dos Partition)
3.<snip>rebuild the server (it helps to build from a cutdown (server only)
tree) ???</snip> what does it mean?? and i thought i knew english :-(
i'm sorry but i'm hopelessly out of depth here..i am not even a comp sci
student and any knowledge of programming in C and Pascal i learnt in college
have sublimated in the Chennai heat..would be very very grateful if i were
given a sort of tutorial as to how to do it. i dont mind experimenting though..
4. i checked for vga.h using find command, and saw a few files, but saw no
SG86_C201 or SG86_C205 in them when i viewed them using Joe
would give my right ear to get any help
thanks
venkat
Krish <v_krishnakumar77@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi!,
----------------------
i use XFree86 3.3.6.
and yes i have tried xf86config. i have gone through the rigmarole of
configuring the X server, but the resolution is not quite there.
i presume there is a problem in the linux support for SiS . (i remember learnt
that this might be a bug in the Linux driver for this particular brand of video
cards)
hence i would be grateful if any one using SiS video cards under linux could
point me towards the website where they got the drivers or how they were able
to get the correct display
-----------------------
4 years ago (time flies!), I faced this problem. The drivers for the chipset
are there in the source tree. But they do not check for the proper device id -
204 for SiS 6215c . With a little bit of tweaking you can get it to work.
Since I did this a long time ago, there might be some rough edges.
1. Get the source tree (XFree86 - 3.3.x should be fine)
2. go through the vga.h in hw/xfree86/ .
There are 2 ways to do this:
1. the quick way is to change the device id for an existing chipset - eg:
change the value of SG86_C201 or SG86_C205 to 204 in vga.h and rebuild the
server (it helps to build from a cutdown (server only) tree) . While
configuring, choose SG201 or 205 depending upon what u modified previously.
2. the more correct way is to add a new line such as SG86_C204 and set its
value to 204 . - this needs to be added in quite a few places including the
chipset detection code (in the SiS directory) - sorry for being so vague - I
lost the patch file . But if u are a C programmer, fixing this is not a big
problem (and an interesting exercise too!)
oh and btw,
all of the above worked for me and a few of my friends. so in case u manage to
fry your chipset doing this - DO NOT SUE ME !!!
cheers,
-Krish
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<DIV>hello</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>i am very new to this thing and i know next to nothing abt linux(but
slowly learning by getting my fingers wet), and even less abt programming and
coding and whatever.(i am a textile graduate)</DIV>
<DIV>so i would be very grateful if you could please advise what to do further
to get to a properly displayed gui</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>1.Get the source tree: this means the .tgz binary?all i know is that the
distro uses 2.2.16 kernel and XFree86 3.3.6 </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>2.hw/xfree86 : is this a folder in root?or in the linux filesystem? i
have nothing like this..(my copy of Linux is Dragon Linux, which can exist _in_
Win/Dos Partition)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>3.<snip>rebuild the server (it helps to build from a cutdown (server
only) tree) ???</snip> what does it mean?? and i thought i knew
english :-(</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>i'm sorry but i'm hopelessly out of depth here..i am not even a comp sci
student and any knowledge of programming in C and Pascal i learnt in college
have sublimated in the Chennai heat..would be very very grateful if i were
given a sort of tutorial as to how to do it. i dont mind experimenting
though..<BR></DIV>
<DIV>4. i checked for vga.h using find command, and saw a few files, but saw no
SG86_C201 or SG86_C205 in them when i viewed them using Joe</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>would give my right ear to get any help</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>thanks</DIV>
<DIV>venkat</DIV>
<DIV><BR><B><I>Krish <v_krishnakumar77@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx></I></B>
wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px;
BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>Hi!,<BR><BR><BR>----------------------<BR>i
use XFree86 3.3.6. <BR>and yes i have tried xf86config. i have gone through the
rigmarole of configuring the X server, but the resolution is not quite
there.<BR>i presume there is a problem in the linux support for SiS . (i
remember learnt that this might be a bug in the Linux driver for this
particular brand of video cards)<BR>hence i would be grateful if any one using
SiS video cards under linux could point me towards the website where they got
the drivers or how they were able to get the correct
display<BR>-----------------------<BR><BR>4 years ago (time flies!), I faced
this problem. The drivers for the chipset are there in the source tree. But
they do not check for the proper device id - 204 for SiS 6215c . With a little
bit of tweaking you can get it to work. <BR><BR>Since I did this a long time
ago, there might be some ro!
ugh
edges.<BR><BR>1. Get the source tree (XFree86 - 3.3.x should be fine)<BR>2. go
through the vga.h in hw/xfree86/ .<BR><BR>There are 2 ways to do
this:<BR><BR>1. the quick way is to change the device id for an existing
chipset - eg: change the value of SG86_C201 or SG86_C205 to 204 in vga.h and
rebuild the server (it helps to build from a cutdown (server only) tree) .
While configuring, choose SG201 or 205 depending upon what u modified
previously.<BR><BR>2. the more correct way is to add a new line such as
SG86_C204 and set its value to 204 . - this needs to be added in quite a few
places including the chipset detection code (in the SiS directory) - sorry for
being so vague - I lost the patch file . But if u are a C programmer, fixing
this is not a big problem (and an interesting exercise too!)<BR><BR>oh and btw,
<BR><BR>all of the above worked for me and a few of my friends. so in case u
manage to fry your chipset doing this - DO NOT SUE ME
!!!<BR><BR>cheers,<BR>-Krish<BR><BR>--<BR>"Furious activity is no substitute
for understanding"<BR>- H.H.Williams<BR><BR>Get Your Private, Free E-mail from
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