Re: [LI] Linux Tips & Tricks

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 hi;
It is great to find it out that you were successfull in
configuring the sis 6215c card. I am also having the same card
and i had tried two or three ways with ouny succes :(. including the tip
given in the www.linux-india.org/sis.

Can you please help me in configuring the 6215c card.
I have samtron 728fxl monitor
thanks in advance 

On Fri, 24 Dec 1999, K.N. Prashanth wrote:

> Hai Everybody,
> 	This is my second mail(first of these sent to linux-india lists) that i am  
>         sending to the linux-india though i
> 	had been here for some time. I am discussing the few tricks that i
> 	had been using for a while with kernel 2.2 & now recently with redhat
> 	linux 6.1 & i used them on my friends machines.
> 
> 	(1) This tip works only on kernel 2.2.x. You can have this work on your
> 	previous kernels provided you compile the framebuffer support in to the
> 	kernel because 2.2.x has built in support. Let me tell you that i am
> 	using the (in)famous SiS6215c card. In the lilo.conf add the line
> 	vga=ask and save the file. Then execute lilo -v so that it is updated
> 	on to your MBR or floppy( I use the later). Then during boot up you
> 	will be asked for the mode (resolution). Then there enter as
> 	(i) 0301 for 640X480 mode
> 	(ii) 0303 for 800X600 mode
> 	(iii) 0305 for 1024X768 mode
> 	And Whew !! Our pet mascot the cute emperor penguin the "TUX" appears
> 	at the left hand top corner of the screen.Welcome the emperor. Note
> 	though the X windows may not appear same as before in my case the screen
> 	width got reduced a bit but other than that no complaints. On some of
> 	my friends house it refused to accept 0305 though they were using it
> 	regularly. Please mail your experience with your card name & number.
> 
> 	(2) Next to transfer the lilo from the MBR to the floppy just edit the
> 	file lilo.conf & change the entry /dev/hda to /dev/fd0 & save the file.
> 	Then execute lilo -v with a clean floppy in( Note that the contents will
> 	be destroyed).  Then check whether it boots from floppy & if it works
> 	reboot again & at the dos prompt (c:\>) execute fdisk /mbr which should
> 	remove lilo from MBR.
> 
> 	(3) Some of my friends have complained saying that they weren't able
> 	to play the .wav files especially in KDE with its own players & others.
> 	This is because the sound module is compiled in to the kernel that comes
> 	with the 6.1 &  there is no loading it as seperate module & has no script
> 	file in the /etc/sysconfig directory. But the startkde tries to find the
> 	file & update a shell variable SOUNDCARD which confirms the presence of
> 	sound card & it can start kwmsound & kaudioserver. You can edit the
> 	file startkde & comment out the if & fi block of the file near the point
> 	where it tries to execute /etc/sysconfig/sound script. Then restart the
> 	kde. Note that you can play MP3 files though.
> 
> 	(4) There is a module in /usr/lib/somewhere by name binfmt_java.o. Then
> 	use insmod and that module. Then compile a java src file as .class file
> 	& then make it executable by using chmod +x that class file & then execute
> 	./classfile . Wow !! you have a java output ready. Note that i haven't
> 	tried executing java applets though & i executed only the text based
> 	non graphical programs & the output was consistent with what was expected.
> 	Please mail me your experience with awt based apps.
> 
> 	That's all folks. Happy Hacking !!
> 
> 	Bye
> 	Prashanth
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