[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1066464] Re: Please patch xserver-xorg-video-sis (was: SiS driver crashes Xserver with EXA acceleration)
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-sis Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1066464 Title: Please patch xserver-xorg-video-sis (was: SiS driver crashes Xserver with EXA acceleration) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-sis/+bug/1066464/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1066464] Re: Please patch xserver-xorg-video-sis (was: SiS driver crashes Xserver with EXA acceleration)
My PC (VAIO type M / VGC-M52B / SiS 661FX) was troubled for a while by this bug. However, I noticed though a source code to solve it was shown: https://github.com/gununu/xf86-video-sis-stable I succeed in indication of display 1280x800 using 14.04.1 and 14.10 by this driver. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1066464 Title: Please patch xserver-xorg-video-sis (was: SiS driver crashes Xserver with EXA acceleration) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-sis/+bug/1066464/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1066464] Re: Please patch xserver-xorg-video-sis (was: SiS driver crashes Xserver with EXA acceleration)
KWandi, you should use the xorg.conf below to switch to VESA driver to get decent resolution (but it won't be 1280x800). Apparently, the patched sis driver works for some chips, but not others (which is why I suggested it should not be installed by default...). Section Device Identifier Configured Video Device Driver vesa EndSection Section Monitor Identifier Configured Monitor EndSection Section Screen Identifier Default Screen Monitor Configured Monitor Device Configured Video Device EndSection -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1066464 Title: Please patch xserver-xorg-video-sis (was: SiS driver crashes Xserver with EXA acceleration) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-sis/+bug/1066464/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1066464] Re: Please patch xserver-xorg-video-sis (was: SiS driver crashes Xserver with EXA acceleration)
Hello, There are still problems with this nasty SiS driver. We have some Laptops with SiS 671/771 video cards and they load and use the driver, but the only resolution chooseable is 640x480 while the native Display has 1280x800. This is with latest KUbuntu 14.04 and also with LUbuntu 14.04. Any idea how to get a useable display with SiS 671/771? Thanks Andreas -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1066464 Title: Please patch xserver-xorg-video-sis (was: SiS driver crashes Xserver with EXA acceleration) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-sis/+bug/1066464/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1066464] Re: Please patch xserver-xorg-video-sis (was: SiS driver crashes Xserver with EXA acceleration)
raring is eol ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-sis-lts-raring (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1066464 Title: Please patch xserver-xorg-video-sis (was: SiS driver crashes Xserver with EXA acceleration) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-sis/+bug/1066464/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1066464] Re: Please patch xserver-xorg-video-sis (was: SiS driver crashes Xserver with EXA acceleration)
This bug was fixed in the package xserver-xorg-video-sis - 1:0.10.7-0ubuntu6 --- xserver-xorg-video-sis (1:0.10.7-0ubuntu6) trusty; urgency=medium * fix-exa-crash.diff: Don't crash on recent servers. (LP: #1066464) -- Timo Aaltonen tjaal...@ubuntu.com Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:35:35 +0300 ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-sis (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1066464 Title: Please patch xserver-xorg-video-sis (was: SiS driver crashes Xserver with EXA acceleration) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-sis/+bug/1066464/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1066464] Re: Please patch xserver-xorg-video-sis (was: SiS driver crashes Xserver with EXA acceleration)
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/xserver-xorg-video-sis -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1066464 Title: Please patch xserver-xorg-video-sis (was: SiS driver crashes Xserver with EXA acceleration) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-sis/+bug/1066464/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1066464] Re: Please patch xserver-xorg-video-sis (was: SiS driver crashes Xserver with EXA acceleration)
We are a small company but have a lot of pc's and laptops that we dont want to or cant upgrade to 8.1 and with expiry of XP support are urgently searching for an alternative. These are for professional users, not gamers, so super-graphics are not essential but a stable clean desktop is. The best option seemed to be a Linux based solution and Ubuntu appears to be the best of those available but have had no end of difficulties as many of the laptops have SiS graphics with no option to change them for a supported chip. Moergaes suggested a solution using Lubuntu with the patch which works but leaves us with a mountain to climb in terms of reinstating all the functionality of the full version of Ubuntu and a much shorter support window; this is a very frustrating situation given the commercial pressure to change systems and the fact the patch seems to have been available for a long while but is inexplicably excluded from the main distribution in spite of many threads requesting it. It strikes me that there is a really strong driver to switch away from Windows to Linux solutions at the moment in the business community that could give Ubunto a massive boost; supporting older machinery for office duties is absolutely critical to widespread adoption. Its worth pointing out the other big distro's also suffer this problem so there's a further opportunity to differentiate Ubuntu ahead of the pack. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1066464 Title: Please patch xserver-xorg-video-sis (was: SiS driver crashes Xserver with EXA acceleration) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-sis/+bug/1066464/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1066464] Re: Please patch xserver-xorg-video-sis (was: SiS driver crashes Xserver with EXA acceleration)
As per the title, please add the patch to the standard ISO. It will help a lot of people, especially now when Windows XP is retiring and people search for a new operative system. I tested it myself, and it all worked well. Besides this I try to drag attention to the PPA here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2130640 and it's very well received when I point people to the thread. The only negative response I have noticed is people complaining that it's not there by default: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2213378page=2p=12973323viewfull=1#post12973323 So, status is that we have many thankful users who are satisfied with the patch. Do we have any kind of indication that the patch brings along problems? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1066464 Title: Please patch xserver-xorg-video-sis (was: SiS driver crashes Xserver with EXA acceleration) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-sis/+bug/1066464/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
