[ale] SiS 6326 video w/ XFree86 3.3.3?

[Brian Long]

I've also got an AGP SiS 6326 card with 8M of memory.  The only way I found
to get a stable display is to choose "nolinear" and "noaccel", also choose
"sw_cursor" under the chipset otions. The only problem with this is that
with the "noliner" option the highest color depth is 8bpp. I know this card
can support more, but I haven't found the right otions yet, as well...

Brian
blong177 at vei.net
-----Original Message-----
 From: Steve Tynor <tynor at outside.atlanta.twr.com>
To: ale at ale.org <ale at ale.org>
Date: Sunday, April 18, 1999 12:53 PM
Subject: [ale] SiS 6326 video w/ XFree86 3.3.3?


>I just bought a new video card at GIM's (an 8M SiS 6326 based card
>labeled "3D PRO HD") and am having some trouble getting X
>configured. I'm running Redhat 5.2 and have installed the latest XFree86
>(3.3.3) which claims to support this chip (I understand it's also used
>in the Diamond Speedstar card)
>
>I've scourged altavista and dejanews and found a couple of Option
>settings that get me sort of working (had to set VideoRam, disable
>bitblt and imageblt and the hw cursor), have set correct sync rates
>based on my monitor's documentation, but even so X will only run at
>
> 1280x1024, 8bpp, 61Hz (flicker city...) or
> 1024x768, 16bbp, 34Hz (interlaced) YUCK!
>
>I know the card can do better (I run it at 1280x1024, 24bpp, 75Hz on
>Windoze98)  but I can't figure out how to convince XFree86.
>
>Has anyone out there managed to get X working at >=16bpp, 1280x1024 and
>>=70Hz with an SiS 8326?  If so, please share the secrets!
>
>Thanks,
>
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