To fix one of my problems, I found a driver for SiS 671/771 graphic
card to X.org greater than 7.3 at here:
-
http://estebanordano.com.ar/sis-m671m672-driver-for-xorg-xserver-7-5-on-debian-sidux/
Compiled and work on F12. It needs a fix on make 'man', fix or comment
it on Makefile.
But only 2D resources is working, no 3D, so no compiz, but the
resolution and performance is good.
The updates on F12 fixed the v4l problems on a Sonix webcam and on
Digital TV receivers, only needed to add the firmware files on
/lib/firmware.
There is a RPM for Mandriva that contains some firmware files at here:
- http://rpmlinux.org/dvb-firmware-pack
A howto for Digital TV configuration:
- http://dougsland.livejournal.com/103169.html
Need to configure the channels from the frequency table to each
country. On Brazil is like this:
- http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ISDB-T_Frequency_Table
Install 'dvb-apps' and pass the file that contains the frequency table
to 'scandvb' application and redirect the output to a file, this
output is the channels frequencies that VLC player understand.
No need anymore to manually install the v4l-dvb from git. The RPM from
F12 works great.
The ACPI only works on the kernel 2.6.32-git* series on a ASUStek
board, not on older and newer with the same configuration. On newer
kernels I need to disable local APIC on boot with 'nolapic', so loose
hibernation and brightness control, I am sniffing the cause. But for a
while I am using 2.6.32-git14 and it works great.
I compiled and installed a Ethernet driver for Realtek 8111/8168B from
the Realtek homepage and blacklist the default driver module, only
need to add some 'include' definitions on the source that was changed
on newer kernels.
I only need to configure some soft-modems now based on ALSA ;)
Thank you. Regards.
Linux rules.
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 2:34 AM, Allann Jones allan...@gmail.com wrote:
F12 fixes all the problems on a ACER notebook that I have including
keyboard that I had problems on F10 (US International with ABNT2
layout).
But on a notebook with SiS chipsets (671/771) I still using F11
because the xorg version on F12 has break some graphic drivers that
depends on the old xorg architecture (maybe the major problems are
with shared vga static variables defined on xf86resources.h that was
removed). I got the SiS driver from Debian and build for F11 and need
to compile the latest stable kernel to put ACPI (hibernate and suspend
capabilities) correctly.
I still using F11 on a machine with NVidia graphic cards but I will
try to upgrade. F11 fixes many problems found on F8 on that machine
including the video resolution. On machines with Intel graphic cards
F12 is great.
Gnome 2.28 is great. Many Nautilus bugs are fixed on display of
directories in tree mode. I think that Gnome cut some old great
resources to reorganize them and put each one again in a consistent
and simpler mode in the correct time.
F12 has some problems on v4l that F11 does not have. On F12 sometimes
is necessary to download manually and build the latest v4l-dvb for
some webcams to work correctly, I think the problem is on libv4l.
I think that F12 can be better if upgrade the kernel to the latest
release to use the new ACPI functionalities, running on a greater
number of portable computers and having a functional hibernate and
suspend capabilities, and without the need to disable ACPI on
installer (that on F12 is better but the 2.6.32 or later kernels is
great). Some variables was changed with this new kernel, but this was
already ignored with xorg package.
Read the release notes to check if your architecture was marked as
obsolete on F12 or not.
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Allann J. O. Silva
I received the fundamentals of my education in school, but that was
not enough. My real education, the superstructure, the details, the
true architecture, I got out of the public library. For an
impoverished child whose family could not afford to buy books, the
library was the open door to wonder and achievement, and I can never
be sufficiently grateful that I had the wit to charge through that
door and make the most of it. (from I. Asimov, 1994)
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