Well I understand it, but there's someone in debian bugs page that want to take care about this issue. Maybe I will told him just like what you told me in this mail. Thanks tino
Best Regards, Martin Lee sent from android device On Mar 15, 2011 5:56 PM, "Timo Aaltonen" <timo.aalto...@canonical.com> wrote: > It's pointless to dump the driver from Mandriva as-is. The right way forward is to split the (huge, ~2MB) diff to upstream X.Org -sis driver in logical pieces and push them upstream for review and inclusion. > > I already started, but it takes a non-trivial amount of effort to get it going, without any hardware to test the result on. Besides, I'm no driver developer, and learning-as-you-go is slow.. So don't hold your breath. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301958 > > Title: > [needs-packaging] no working driver for sis 671/771 video cards > > Status in X.Org X server: > Confirmed > Status in “xserver-xorg-video-sis” package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: > New > Status in “xserver-xorg-video-sis” package in Debian: > New > > Bug description: > sis 671/771 driver is not available for Ubuntu but there is a working > driver in the newest Mandriva. The driver in Mandriva is based on > http://www.linuxconsulting.ro/xorg-drivers/ ( I think) . > > Not having the driver makes the installation of Ubuntu a PITA on > laptops with sis 671/771 based integrated graphics card. Making the > laptop usable requires playing with xorg.conf and module compilation > or switching to Vesa 1280x768 mode deformed to fit 1280x800 LCD. > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/xorg-server/+bug/301958/+subscribe -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301958 Title: [needs-packaging] no working driver for sis 671/771 video cards -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs