Installing linux 8 and my SiS 650/651/m650/740 video card is not on the list Help!!!!

Outsider517 · 07-13-2003, 02:23 PM

I'm installing linux and my SiS 650/651/m650/740 video card isn't listed, so I went along wth the one linux probed and picked, and nothing, it don't want to boot, can anyone tell me what to do, I am new to Linux, only daybefore I got it, can anyone help??

fancypiper · 07-13-2003, 02:33 PM

linux 8??????

There ain't no such thing.

We need your distribution (Red Hat Slackware SuSe, Mandrake, etc.) and the release version.

# What is the distribution
cat /etc/.product
cat /etc/.issue
cat /etc/issue
cat /etc/issue.net
sysinfo

I understand that SiS video isn't supported so svga is the best you can hope for.

# Configuring X
Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO - video cards
The Linux XFree86 HOWTO
Common X configuring tools:
Debian - dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
Mandrake - XFdrake
Redhat 7.3 down - the setup utility leads to several config tools
Redhat 7.3 up - redhat-config-xfree86
You may have these tools:
XF86Setup
XFree86 -configure
Xconfigurator
xf86cfg
xf86config
xconf