Video question

[Duh]

I finally got X to launch with my SiS 6326, but now everything is weird.
My cursor is a large block, the login window (i think!) is just a grey square, there is a nother black square too.
So all i see are large squares, i need help!
I've tried a bunch of different XF86Config settings, but nothing seems to work!

[nopun]

Is this Xfree 4.0.2?

I have a SiS530 (different chip, same driver s/w - I couldn't get it to work with full acceleration (wierd looking stuff, couldn't read text). To get around it I inserted the line the following line into the sis driver section of my XFree86conf file :

option "NoAccel"

That may be unacceptable to you if you run a lot of 3D stuff, was fine for me.

[Duh]

Originally posted by nopun:
Is this Xfree 4.0.2?

I have a SiS530 (different chip, same driver s/w - I couldn't get it to work with full acceleration (wierd looking stuff, couldn't read text). To get around it I inserted the line the following line into the sis driver section of my XFree86conf file :

option "NoAccel"

That may be unacceptable to you if you run a lot of 3D stuff, was fine for me.

I did just install 4.0.2, and i tried with and without that line, no go.
Any other ideas?

[nopun]

Ah, that's where my SiS experience runs out.
The 4.0.2 driver seems to be a bit ropey compared with previous (it could probably be made to work with the right know-how).
What you could do is use the one from 4.0.1 - ie get hold of Xmod.tgz from your 4.0.1 binary mirror. Unpack it and copy sis_drv.o from it over your current (it'll be something like /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/sis_drv.o). Rename the original before doing this to something like sis_drv.o.4.0.2 so that it's there should you wish to try to get it working.