Dave Airlie writes:
>
> What happened went something like, Xorg SiS driver maintained by Thomas,
> then he had a premium version that he used to sell, when he gave up I
think
> he might he code dropped the premium one but not in our tree or something.
See http://www.winischhofer.net/linuxsi
On 20/05/13 02:39 AM, Pander wrote:
> It works. Here is the Xorg log file. Switching to console with
> CTRL+ALT+F1 etc still doesn't work however. See the top pf the file for
> loading of the driver and the bottom (probably) for switching to console
> and back:
> http://pastebin.com/VA7dVBjL
You
On 05/20/2013 04:58 AM, Connor Behan wrote:
> On 19/05/13 09:48 AM, Pander wrote:
>> On 05/18/2013 10:28 PM, Tormod Volden wrote:
>>> On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Pander wrote:
(manual) patch results in
[74.465] (II) LoadModule: "sisimedia"
[74.465] (II) Loading /usr
On 19/05/13 09:48 AM, Pander wrote:
> On 05/18/2013 10:28 PM, Tormod Volden wrote:
>> On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Pander wrote:
>>> (manual) patch results in
>>>
>>> [74.465] (II) LoadModule: "sisimedia"
>>> [74.465] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/sisimedia_drv.so
>>> [
On 05/18/2013 10:28 PM, Tormod Volden wrote:
> On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Pander wrote:
>> (manual) patch results in
>>
>> [74.465] (II) LoadModule: "sisimedia"
>> [74.465] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/sisimedia_drv.so
>> [74.465] (EE) Failed to load
>> /usr/lib/xorg
On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Pander wrote:
> (manual) patch results in
>
> [74.465] (II) LoadModule: "sisimedia"
> [74.465] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/sisimedia_drv.so
> [74.465] (EE) Failed to load
> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/sisimedia_drv.so:
> /usr/lib/xorg/mo
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On 05/12/2013 12:16 PM, Connor Behan wrote:
> On 10/05/13 01:23 AM, Pander wrote:
>> On 05/07/2013 09:24 PM, Connor Behan wrote:
>>> On 07/05/13 06:17 AM, Pander wrote:
> On 7 May 2013 14:04, Pander
> wrote:
>
> The sis671 driver:
>>
On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 1:55 AM, Alan Coopersmith
wrote:
> On 05/12/13 03:16 AM, Connor Behan wrote:
>>
>> If you mean included with an Xorg katamari, there is probably no point.
>> Most distros package individual components. As for why some drivers like
>> these need to be downloaded from unoffic
On 05/12/13 03:16 AM, Connor Behan wrote:
If you mean included with an Xorg katamari, there is probably no point.
Most distros package individual components. As for why some drivers like
these need to be downloaded from unofficial git repos while other
drivers that are equally old have official g
On 10/05/13 01:23 AM, Pander wrote:
> On 05/07/2013 09:24 PM, Connor Behan wrote:
>> On 07/05/13 06:17 AM, Pander wrote:
On 7 May 2013 14:04, Pander
wrote:
The sis671 driver:
> # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration
> file)
...
> Section "Devic
On 05/10/2013 08:13 PM, Tormod Volden wrote:
> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Pander wrote:
>>> On 05/07/2013 09:24 PM, Connor Behan wrote:
>
SiS drivers support EXA and will probably use that by default when
you start one of the newer Xservers that lacks XAA. This could
easily c
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Pander wrote:
>> On 05/07/2013 09:24 PM, Connor Behan wrote:
>>> SiS drivers support EXA and will probably use that by default when
>>> you start one of the newer Xservers that lacks XAA. This could
>>> easily crash if the SiS EXA hooks haven't been updated in awh
On 05/10/2013 10:23 AM, Pander wrote:
> On 05/07/2013 09:24 PM, Connor Behan wrote:
>> On 07/05/13 06:17 AM, Pander wrote:
On 7 May 2013 14:04, Pander
wrote:
The sis671 driver:
> # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration
> file)
...
> Section "Dev
On 05/07/2013 09:24 PM, Connor Behan wrote:
> On 07/05/13 06:17 AM, Pander wrote:
>>> On 7 May 2013 14:04, Pander
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> The sis671 driver:
# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration
file)
>>> ...
Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device"
On 07/05/13 06:17 AM, Pander wrote:
>> On 7 May 2013 14:04, Pander wrote:
>>
>> The sis671 driver:
>>> # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
>> ...
>>> Section "Device"
>>> Identifier "Configured Video Device"
>>> Driver "sis671"
>>> Op
> On 7 May 2013 14:04, Pander wrote:
>
> The sis671 driver:
>> # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
> ...
>> Section "Device"
>> Identifier "Configured Video Device"
>> Driver "sis671"
>> Option "NoAccel" "true"
>> EndSe
On 7 May 2013 14:04, Pander wrote:
The sis671 driver:
> # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
...
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Configured Video Device"
> Driver "sis671"
> Option "NoAccel" "true"
> EndSection
...
do
> On 07/05/13 02:19 AM, Pander wrote:
>>>
>>> This is the log file, search for [Ss][Ii][Ss]
>> http://pastebin.com/GMhwZXde
>>
> It looks like the Xserver tries sis, modesetting, fbdev and vesa and
> ends up deciding on vesa. In order to see useful information, make sure
> X doesn't use a generic d
On 07/05/13 02:19 AM, Pander wrote:
>>
>> This is the log file, search for [Ss][Ii][Ss]
> http://pastebin.com/GMhwZXde
>
It looks like the Xserver tries sis, modesetting, fbdev and vesa and
ends up deciding on vesa. In order to see useful information, make sure
X doesn't use a generic driver. Somet
>> On 06/05/13 11:22 PM, Pander wrote:
>>>
>>> Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>>>
On 05/ 6/13 06:22 PM, Connor Behan wrote:
> Maybe you'll find someone who
> has a SiS card lying around and say "I'll pay you $100 to put that
card
> in your computer, write an xorg.conf file for it, f
> On 06/05/13 11:22 PM, Pander wrote:
>>
>> Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>>
>>> On 05/ 6/13 06:22 PM, Connor Behan wrote:
Maybe you'll find someone who
has a SiS card lying around and say "I'll pay you $100 to put that
>>> card
in your computer, write an xorg.conf file for it, figure out
On 06/05/13 11:22 PM, Pander wrote:
>
> Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>
>> On 05/ 6/13 06:22 PM, Connor Behan wrote:
>>> Maybe you'll find someone who
>>> has a SiS card lying around and say "I'll pay you $100 to put that
>> card
>>> in your computer, write an xorg.conf file for it, figure out why it
>>
> On 2013-05-07 08:22 (GMT+0200) Pander composed:
>
>> Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>
>>> you can buy 2 or 3 new ATI or Nvidia cards for that $100
>>> and get much better performance & support than trying to make an old
>>> card
>>> limp along forever.
>
>> Well, it is an integrated card in my laptop.
>
On 2013-05-07 08:22 (GMT+0200) Pander composed:
Alan Coopersmith wrote:
you can buy 2 or 3 new ATI or Nvidia cards for that $100
and get much better performance & support than trying to make an old card
limp along forever.
Well, it is an integrated card in my laptop.
The newest SiS video
Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>On 05/ 6/13 06:22 PM, Connor Behan wrote:
>> Maybe you'll find someone who
>> has a SiS card lying around and say "I'll pay you $100 to put that
>card
>> in your computer, write an xorg.conf file for it, figure out why it
>> won't start and then change 2 or 3 lines to m
On 05/ 6/13 06:22 PM, Connor Behan wrote:
Maybe you'll find someone who
has a SiS card lying around and say "I'll pay you $100 to put that card
in your computer, write an xorg.conf file for it, figure out why it
won't start and then change 2 or 3 lines to make it start again" but it
won't be wort
On 06/05/13 04:44 PM, pan...@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> My experience with building drivers for Xorg is relatively small. As I
> recall, this one compiles but crashed Xorg and I don't know exactly
> what to submit exactly. It is better if the people working on that
> driver or other Xorg expert
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On 05/06/2013 10:36 PM, Connor Behan wrote:
> On 06/05/13 10:25 AM, pan...@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Since a few months the driver for SiS 671/771 video cards is no
>> longer working in main stream distributions such as Ubuntu. Thi
On 06/05/13 10:25 AM, pan...@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Since a few months the driver for SiS 671/771 video cards is no longer
> working in main stream distributions such as Ubuntu. This is affecting
> many users and I would like to ask the development community of Xorg who
> would
Hi all,
Since a few months the driver for SiS 671/771 video cards is no longer
working in main stream distributions such as Ubuntu. This is affecting
many users and I would like to ask the development community of Xorg who
would like to fix this issue.
For the details please see these bug reports
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