[KLUG Members] RH7.2 X problem

[Adam Williams]

>Well, I tried appending the mem= in grub.conf, but it still
>seg faults. So, I went and picked up Suse 7.3 Pro at Best
>Not Buy. Man, talk about choices! Anyways, I can run X
>now, but only in 800x600. This seriously stinketh on a 19"
>monitor. After searching around in the Suse support
>database, it appears I have a "problematic" chipset. It's
>the SIS630. Argh. A good reason for a new video card. 
>Any recommendations for a video card? Or better yet, how do
>I get this SIS630 to work? I don't mind buying a new card,

Here are some web pages about the SIS630 -
http://winf.at/~klaus/sis630/
http://linux-sis630.decode.info/

It looks like you can get it working with a little arm-twisting,  and it
should be supported "soon".  Several things out there for this chip
dates 2002-01-30,  which is pretty darn recent.  Look like it occurs
mostly in laptops.

>but any recommendations are appreciated. Radeon? GeForce?
>Any video card experiences to share? 
>Thanks a ton for the other suggestions. They have been
>printed and added to my ever growing Linux reference file.
>:)

I've added Sis630 to my list of things to avoid for the time being.