Alfred U'Ren wrote:

I've spent the last few weeks getting my SuSE box up and running, with a fair amount of success.

However, there is one annoying detail which I would very much like to have fixed, if only I knew how. The issue I'm talking about is that I've been unable to get my system to behave well at a resolution of 1024x768 or higher; the most I've gotten is 800x600 at 16 bit color depth. 1024x768 gives a nasty 'snow' phenomenon which makes my desktop unworkable. What's strange is that under M$ Windows I can get 1024x768 at 8 or 16 bit color depth as well as 1280x1024 at 8 bit color depth (the latter though only at 60 Hz).

Some of my system's details: SiS5597 video card xfree86 version 3.3.4 SVGA X server SuSE 6.2 kernel 2.2.10

Does anyone on this list have any experience with SiS cards? What is the highest resolution which I should expect to get with this system? How can I fix this problem?

I am going to beat Jon Pennington to the punch..and say " Get rid of the SiS card " these cards are some of the worse garbage every produced. You can get a nice Riva TNT based card for under $100..or go with an S3 based card which should preform well. I am sorry to tell you this, but I have seen nothing but bad posts about the cards here for a long time..and my buddy who is on an NT list says they bitch just about as much about these cards. hope this helps.. -- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org ---------------------------------------------------- Once you get them running, you stay right on top of them, and that way a small force can defeat a large one every time. - General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

A friend of mine brought his recently purchased PC (One of those sub $500 jobs) to me because Win98 would not mainting the video setting. It was a SIS card. The CD that came with the system didn't have any appropriate drivers for that card and neither did the SIS website. I finally managed to get a generic 1024X760 SVGA to stick on rebooting by putzing with the horz and vert frequencies. He want's to install SuSE, after he saw my system and all the neat GPL software on it (SuSE & QCad sold him!),but I'm not optimistic about getting the SIS to behave under Linux. I may take him to best by and get a good SuSE compatible video card. Sorry, JLK Alfred U'Ren wrote:

I've spent the last few weeks getting my SuSE box up and running, with a fair amount of success.

However, there is one annoying detail which I would very much like to have fixed, if only I knew how. The issue I'm talking about is that I've been unable to get my system to behave well at a resolution of 1024x768 or higher; the most I've gotten is 800x600 at 16 bit color depth. 1024x768 gives a nasty 'snow' phenomenon which makes my desktop unworkable. What's strange is that under M$ Windows I can get 1024x768 at 8 or 16 bit color depth as well as 1280x1024 at 8 bit color depth (the latter though only at 60 Hz).

Some of my system's details: SiS5597 video card xfree86 version 3.3.4 SVGA X server SuSE 6.2 kernel 2.2.10

Does anyone on this list have any experience with SiS cards? What is the highest resolution which I should expect to get with this system? How can I fix this problem?

Thanks, Alfred

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