Re: SiS Graphics setup

["Graeme Nichols" <gnichols tpg com au>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Knecht" <markknecht gmail com>
To: "Getting started with Red Hat Linux" <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 4:20 AM
Subject: SiS Graphics setup


> Hi,
>   Back to configuring my son's new machine. It had to stay in the
> closet this weekend and I only get to work on it during the day this
> week.
>
>   I'm looking for info on what graphics adapter to use. Here's what I
> see in lspci:
>
> [root Christmas root]# lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 741/741GX/M741
> Host (rev 03)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0003
> 00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS964 [MuTIOL
> Media IO] (rev 36)
> 00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 
> 01)
> 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> Sound Controller (rev a0)
> 00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> Controller (rev 0f)
> 00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> Controller (rev 0f)
> 00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> Controller (rev 0f)
> 00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 
> Controller
> 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900
> PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> 661FX/M661FX/M661MX/741/M741/760/M760 PCI/AGP
>
> I don't see any of these in the FC2 display config utility. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark

Mark, I have a SIS display adaptor on my old lap top and on earlier versions 
of RH it proved to be a real dog. However, I installed FC2 on it some months 
ago and simply set the display to a generic LCD 1024x768 and it all worked 
OK. It should also work if you have a CRT display by setting it to the 
'generic' and entering the vertical and horizontal sync values and the 
resolution you want and your monitor supports. The latest X has support for 
these SIS chips now.

Graeme.