On Monday 16 April 2001 17:15, Peter Millard wrote: > Dear All > > I have got Debian 2.2r2 Which I have been trying to get it installed which > I have got it installed in text mode but it refuses to get it installed the > X11 going any ideas my card is a SiS6326 and my Monitor is a Samsung > SyncMaster 550b.
This card has caused trouble to a lot of people (including me) and you'll find quite a few threads about it in the archive of this mailing list. > Sis6326 8MB card > I put in 8192kb in the memory question Somewhere (I think http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/) I read X can only use 4 MB from this card. You'll also find other useful information there. > I would be most grateful for this as I would like to drop my suse linux and > use the DEBIAN full time If you have X working in Suse and if it's the same X version you can use the XF86Config file from Suse in Debian and it should work. > P.S. Perhaps some got tell me a step by step guide on this xf86config man XF86Config If this does not help and you're trying to get 3.3.6. working, try 4.0.x instead. I have this card working with 4.0.1, but only with 16 bit color depth. If 24 bit does not work put in defaultcolordepth 16
