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Re: Is Debian going to run on my machine?



On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 11:32:43AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 03:28:34AM -0800, Rong Shen wrote:
> > Hi:
> > 
> >   I am thinking of doing away with Windows completely
> > and using Debian. But Microsoft has suckered me into
> > buying a bunch of hardware that I am reluctant to
> > throw away. Specifically, I have 

[...]

> > (5) an SiS 5597/5598 display adapter (on motherboard)
> 
> Yes, per several Deja posts from people using it.

See also:  http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.5/SiS2.html
(Yes emphatically).

Note:

| 5. Troubleshooting 
| 
| The generic VGA driver doesn't work with 6326, so XF86Setup can't be
| used for this card. Please use xf86config instead.

http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.5/SiS5.html

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