Re: sis620 X (was Re: [Xpert]*****SPAM*****)

The 620 is - as regards the VGA part - compatible to the 530. As far as 
I know, the 530 (thus the 620) were supported by 4.1 already. 4.3 will 
bring many enhancements, among others Xv for these old chips.

Thomas


Andy Isaacson wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 08:28:05AM -0500, [email protected] wrote:
> 
>>SPAM: NO_REAL_NAME       (-0.3 points) From: does not include a real name
> 
> 
> You should configure your software to have a real name in the mail
> headers, and include a useful subject on further mailing list posts.
> This would help you avoid being labelled as spam.
> 
> (You also need to get a better ISP, but I can understand that is
> sometimes difficult.)
> 
> 
>>hello
>>
>>i am trying to run redhat 5.2 on a computer with a SiS620 chipset
>>
>>anyone have a patch for my xfconfig file???
> 
> 
> I would recommend getting a more recent Linux rather than attempting to
> use an ancient version of RedHat.  RH5.2 shipped with XFree86 3.3.2.3,
> which has absolutely no support for the SiS620 (the support appeared
> sometime before 3.3.6).  At best, you'd have to download RPMs for a more
> recent XFree86; at worst, you'd be recompiling XFree86.
> 
> Even RedHat 6.x should be able to support the SiS 620.
> 
> -andy
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