Excerpts from linuxchix: 22-Mar-100 [techtalk] SB Live! and SiS.. by "m d"@hotmail.com > This is my first posting, so forgive me if this is a worn-out question. > Can I get SB Live! to work under linux? I'm using Redhat 6.0 on a > Pentium. Windows98 is also loaded. Yes. There is a driver at http://opensource.creative.com (called emu10k1, i think). There is also an ALSA driver at http://www.alsa-project.org. > I'm also having an annoying problem with the monitor in X. If I run in > 1024x768, I get a default bit depth of 8. It won't let me choose any > other. I assume you've tried startx -- -bbp 24. Make sure your HorizSync and VertRefresh are right, because X will refuse to use a mode if it thinks your monitor can't do it. Also make sure the dotclock of your video card is set right. Make sure you have a Display subsection for that depth in the screen section. You can specify multiple resolutions to try (switch between them with Ctrl-Alt-Numpad+ and Ctrl-Alt-Numpad-) by specifying multiple modes like this: Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" "1600x1200" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection Also make sure you have an appropriate modeline. The XFree86 Video Timings HOWTO explains what it all means, and also how to do your own if you want: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO.html This HOWTO will also tell you how to make an interlaced mode (which I suspect is how Windows gets 1024x768). There's only one of those my autogenerated XF86Config, so adding your own might help. The squashed thing sounds like it's trying to use a doublescan mode, and not working. You might want to comment those out, or just not use a resolution that low (640x480 should be low enough) _______________________________________________ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
