[mythtv-users] RE: Off Topic: ASUS Pundit Sis lockup

[Bill Whyte]

I had this same problem.

You have to make sure that the bios setting for memory is set to the same
value as the setting in your XF86conifg file, if they are different the
machine will crash when you open web sites, and the KDE->Control Panel.

Bill


>I'm running Redhat 9 (2.4.20-19) kernel. I bought an 'Asus Pundit'
>small form factor PC to work with MythTv. I was attracted
>to the Pundit because of the built in SiS chip and TV-out capability.
>However, I've been having stability problem with the sis driver.
Frequently,
>when using X, the machine will hang. This happens both with the sis driver
>included with XFree and the X driver for 4.3.0 compiled with gcc_3.2 (Xfree
>source). I believe both the stock and the driver from www.winischhofer.net
>are the same, just different versions.
>
>When I first ran the machine, I could never make it through a website that
>had a popup. This made it hard to download files from Sourceforge. The
>documention states several times that DRI is not supported. I commented out
>the Load "dri" statement and this improved things. However, its still
>hapenning.
>
>I'm running KDE, if I select KDE->Control Panel, the machine hangs every
>time (Num lock / Cap locks sits there blinking). If I visit the MPLAYER
>website, http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design6/dload.html , it hangs the
>machine. This is so very odd.
>
>If I go change the driver from "sis" to "vesa" I have no problems with
>hangs. However, I believe I need the sis driver for acceleration / TV-out /
>etc.
>
>Due to these hangs, I'm questioning my choice of the Asus Pundit (or any
>machine with a SiS chipset) and am considering returning the unit. Does
>anyone else with a Pundit have any suggestions? Did anyone using the sis
>driver from http://www.winischhofer.net/ compiled a separate XFree source
>tree or are they using whatever came with Redhat/Debian?