SiS 771/671 Mirage 3 Video Drivers

[flierman]

I have sis 771/671 and running Mint 8

I downloaded this driver:

xorg-driver-sisimedia_0.9-1_i386.deb

from

http://ncc-1701a.homelinux.net/~linu...page=Downloads

And then rebooted, worked like a charm...1280x800 works perfect..

[mikkie]

Someone knows what driver is useful on xorg 7.5 in 64 bit system?
Can somebody give instructions to compile?

Thanks.

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I assume your Xorg package , xorg-server, is 1.7.x then? In that case, the only present solution seems to be downgrading. There is already compiled 64bit driver at http://ncc-1701a.homelinux.net/~linu...page=Downloads which is linked against the older 1.6.x versions of the xorg-server package.

[bellbottom]

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I assume your Xorg package , xorg-server, is 1.7.x then? In that case, the only present solution seems to be downgrading. There is already compiled 64bit driver at http://ncc-1701a.homelinux.net/~linu...page=Downloads which is linked against the older 1.6.x versions of the xorg-server package.

Thanks mikkie, I'm on debian testing, after last upgrade, xorg packages are:
-xorg 1.7.5 +2
-xserver-xorg 1,7.5 +2
-xserver-xorg-core 2:1.7.4-2

I think will be similar packages than new ubuntu release 10.4 and i never can compile drivers with the last xorg versions... I never found a guide for the correct compilation.
Thanks.

I was using sismedia drivers from Mandriva. Now i need wait for the mandriva 2010.1 develop. By the moment, Mandriva 2010.1 uses
-x11-server-xorg-1.7.4-1mdv2010.1.x86_64.rpm
and the sisimedia driver is the same than mandriva 2010.0 .. by the moment:
-x11-driver-video-sisimedia-0.9.1-1.20090622.2mdv2010.0.x86_64.rpm

here fot test:
ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_.../main/release/

i don't know why Mandriva is the only distro who offer support for our graphic chips. Ubuntu or debian, etc, never give us any answer or alternative...

Cheers.

[mikkie]

Thanks mikkie, I'm on debian testing, after last upgrade, xorg packages are:
-xorg 1.7.5 +2
-xserver-xorg 1,7.5 +2
-xserver-xorg-core 2:1.7.4-2

I think will be similar packages than new ubuntu release 10.4 and i never can compile drivers with the last xorg versions... I never found a guide for the correct compilation.
Thanks.

I was using sismedia drivers from Mandriva. Now i need wait for the mandriva 2010.1 develop. By the moment, Mandriva 2010.1 uses
-x11-server-xorg-1.7.4-1mdv2010.1.x86_64.rpm
and the sisimedia driver is the same than mandriva 2010.0 .. by the moment:
-x11-driver-video-sisimedia-0.9.1-1.20090622.2mdv2010.0.x86_64.rpm

here fot test:
ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_.../main/release/

i don't know why Mandriva is the only distro who offer support for our graphic chips. Ubuntu or debian, etc, never give us any answer or alternative...

Cheers.

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Yeah, hopefully the devs at Mandriva do bother to patch the driver with their new release.

[Zarok]

Hey guys

I just got a new laptop today (Asus K50C) for my girlfriend and ran into this nasty SiS issue trying to install Ubuntu.

I've tried using the .deb drivers from before, both the ones from ajoliveiras page and from the SiS on linux page, and neither work. I'm assuming my problem lies in the fact that people who report it working have a monitor that defaults to 1280x800-resolution, mine does 1366x768. I only end up with a couple blinking colored lines when I try to reboot with a xorg.conf that has either sis671 or sisimedia on Device-Driver.

Anyone have a clue where I should be looking towards? I'm assuming idd have to poke around with xorg.conf more to setup suitable resolutions and refresh rates for the panel(if that is the problem), but I'm sadly not good enough with this stuff to be able to do it without help.

Any ideas are greatly appreciated!

Edit: I found someone on launchpad complaining about the same exact problem [url=https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-sis/+bug/301958/comments/61]here[url]. Seems like I was right with the xorg.conf&resolution issue, since I have the same errors in my logs.

[mikkie]

Hey guys

I just got a new laptop today (Asus K50C) for my girlfriend and ran into this nasty SiS issue trying to install Ubuntu.

I've tried using the .deb drivers from before, both the ones from ajoliveiras page and from the SiS on linux page, and neither work. I'm assuming my problem lies in the fact that people who report it working have a monitor that defaults to 1280x800-resolution, mine does 1366x768. I only end up with a couple blinking colored lines when I try to reboot with a xorg.conf that has either sis671 or sisimedia on Device-Driver.

Anyone have a clue where I should be looking towards? I'm assuming idd have to poke around with xorg.conf more to setup suitable resolutions and refresh rates for the panel(if that is the problem), but I'm sadly not good enough with this stuff to be able to do it without help.

Any ideas are greatly appreciated!

Edit: I found someone on launchpad complaining about the same exact problem [url=https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-sis/+bug/301958/comments/61]here[url]. Seems like I was right with the xorg.conf&resolution issue, since I have the same errors in my logs.

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Have you tried finding out your HorizSync and VertRefresh values with the command "hwinfo --monitor" and then adding them to the Monitor section in xorg.conf?

[Roehrich]

not sure if the sis driver can handle that resolution at all, but did you try to add a custom modeline to you xorg.conf?

# 1368x768 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 47.70 kHz; pclk: 85.86 MHz
Modeline "1368x768_60.00" 85.86 1368 1440 1584 1800 768 769 772 795 -HSync +Vsync

see also http://www.arachnoid.com/modelines/index.html

if you know some german, that may be interesting: http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/XServer_Modelines

[Zarok]

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Have you tried finding out your HorizSync and VertRefresh values with the command "hwinfo --monitor" and then adding them to the Monitor section in xorg.conf?

Nope, since I said I'm a bit dumb with these. I just tried a bunch of modelines etc I found on google, which didn't help atleast straight out of the bat.

hwinfo--monitor gives me:

  [Created at monitor.95]
  Unique ID: jyhG.q6sRrnTlif1
  Hardware Class: monitor
  Model: "LG Display LCD Monitor"
  Vendor: LGD "LG Display"
  Device: eisa 0x01e8 
  Resolution: 1366x768@60Hz
  Size: 344x194 mm
  Detailed Timings #0:
     Resolution: 1366x768
     Horizontal: 1366 1414 1446 1526 (+48 +80 +160) -hsync
       Vertical:  768  771  776  790 (+3 +8 +22) -vsync
    Frequencies: 72.30 MHz, 47.38 kHz, 59.97 Hz
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

I imagine that the Frequencies part has what I should input on the monitor-section and the horizontal/vertical lines are what I should build the modeline on, but how? Goes past my understanding on how to rig a fitting xorg.conf from those.

[mikkie]

Nope, since I said I'm a bit dumb with these. I just tried a bunch of modelines etc I found on google, which didn't help atleast straight out of the bat.

hwinfo--monitor gives me:

  [Created at monitor.95]
  Unique ID: jyhG.q6sRrnTlif1
  Hardware Class: monitor
  Model: "LG Display LCD Monitor"
  Vendor: LGD "LG Display"
  Device: eisa 0x01e8 
  Resolution: 1366x768@60Hz
  Size: 344x194 mm
  Detailed Timings #0:
     Resolution: 1366x768
     Horizontal: 1366 1414 1446 1526 (+48 +80 +160) -hsync
       Vertical:  768  771  776  790 (+3 +8 +22) -vsync
    Frequencies: 72.30 MHz, 47.38 kHz, 59.97 Hz
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

I imagine that the Frequencies part has what I should input on the monitor-section and the horizontal/vertical lines are what I should build the modeline on, but how? Goes past my understanding on how to rig a fitting xorg.conf from those.

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Well, your output of "hwinfo --monitor" used in the calculator link provided by Roehrich indicates that you should be using this modeline in the Monitor section of xorg.conf:
# 1368x768 @ 59.97 Hz (GTF) hsync: 47.68 kHz; pclk: 85.82 MHz
Modeline "1368x768_59.97" 85.82 1368 1440 1584 1800 768 769 772 795 -HSync +Vsync

[Zarok]

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Well, your output of "hwinfo --monitor" used in the calculator link provided by Roehrich indicates that you should be using this modeline in the Monitor section of xorg.conf:
# 1368x768 @ 59.97 Hz (GTF) hsync: 47.68 kHz; pclk: 85.82 MHz
Modeline "1368x768_59.97" 85.82 1368 1440 1584 1800 768 769 772 795 -HSync +Vsync

Tried that, no cigar. Still black screen with occasional lines of color blinking here and there. What about the HorizSync / VertRefresh on the monitor section?