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Re: SiS 5598 Video Chip / Mouse won't work...help!



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Once upon a time Ron Johnson wrote @ 06 Jan 2003 14:19:13 -0600

> On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 13:44, Jay wrote:
> > Hello Listies!
> > 
> > Has anyone ever messed with setting up either Gnome or KDE or X with a SiS
> > 5598 video chipset?
> > 
> > I'm having problems getting a readable output, can someone help me? Could it
> > be that I'm using the wrong xserver? BTW I have an olde Shamrock 14"
> > monitor.
> > 
> > I tried installing Debian Woody 3 times already, messed with different
> > settings, but that's it.
> > 
> > Oh, and I can't get the mouse to work either.
> > 
> > Thanks In Advanced!
> 
> http://www.xfree.org/current/Status30.html#30
> 
> According to that, the SiS 5598 chips are only supported under
> XFree 3.3.6.
> 
$ X -version
XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System

$ lspci | grep VGA
00:13.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5597/5598 VGA (rev 65)

using the sis driver it works fine

I can send you my XF86Config-4 !
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