Re: Newbie: Resolution Problem

[Marty Messer <mmesser redhat com>]

For some reason XFree86 and SiS cards just don't get along. There are two
ways to fix the problem, and both generally work well:

1) Add the following options to your /etc/X11/XF86Config:

   Options "noaccel"
   Options "sw_cursor"
   Options "no_bitblt"

2) Grab SuSE's very generous new XFCom_SiS X server (please note source is
   not available, if that bothers you):

   http://www.suse.de/en/support/xsuse/#sis

   The only instruction change is instead of this:

   rpm -e xsvga

   do this:

   rpm -e XFree86-SVGA

I hope this helps.

-- 

Martin Messer
Support Monkey	Red Hat, Inc.
www.redhat.com	ftp.redhat.com

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Evan Holt wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> Myself as well as a few others on this and other Linux boards are
> having the same problem...or at least it sounds the same.
> 
> It doesn't seem to be the graphics card itself because we all seem to
> have different cards. Myself I have a SiS 530.
> 
> Anyway, I can install Red Hat flawlessly and since I am a newbie..I
> suggest that all other newbies look for the book "The no b.s. guide to
> Red Hat Linux 6". It is an amazing book, but it doesn't solve this
> particular problem.
> 
> When I log into Gnome, the resolution must be 640x480 or close to that
> because all I can view is a little section of the upper left portion.
> 
> I have tried to configure "setup" again from a terminal, but it is
> very hard to do with only being able to view a corner of the box.
> Still, nothing changes. Another way I read was to edit the X11 config
> and change all the monitor resolution orders from 640X480 to 800X600.
> Again, the config can't be edited when you can only view a small
> section.
> 
> If anyone can offer a suggestion myself (and I'm sure many others)
> would appreciate it.
> 
> Evan
>