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

[Ken Bass]

  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?