try this site: http://www.winischhofer.net/linuxsis630.shtml I think the sis drm/dri stuff in the mainline kernel is kind of stale. Good luck, Alex --- Randall Smith <rsmith15@jam.rr.com> wrote: > I have successfully set up linux as a server (web, ftp, etc) and am > now > trying to leave windows and set up linux on my desktop. I downloaded > and installed redhat 7.3 on my presario 5070. Everything went fine > except for a few distorted lines that hover under my cursor and dri > fails. I'm trying to tackle the dri issue first. I've included part > of > my xfree86 log. > > One suspicious thing happened during installation. My video chip was > identified as an SiS 620, but I thought it was an SiS 530. Anyway, > I've > installed it both ways and it made no difference. > > I boot to a text login and then type "startx". Below is the section > in > my Xfree86 log that shows the error I'm getting. > > drmOpenDevice: minor is 0 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: Open failed > drmOpenDevice: minor is 0 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: Open failed > [drm] failed to load kernel module "sis" > (II) SIS(0): [drm] drmOpen failed > (EE) SIS(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI. > > There are no other errors present during startup. I looked in > /dev/dri/ > and I saw card1, card2, card3, but no card0. Any ideas what I'm > doing > wrong here? > > Randall Smith > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
