3D driver or SiS 671/672?

[debianite]

Hi, I have been following this topic almost since the beginning, as i own a Fujitsu Siemens mobile with the infamous SiS 672 igp.
Although i don't have Ubuntu installed (i use Debian Lenny), i'm plagued with the same problem as every body else, for now I'm stuck with this hardware but rest assured that never again i will buy anything from sis.
The 2D driver provided by Mr. Lee Barros worked well before the last update of xorg packages in Debian Testing, after that they no longer worked, then i tried to compile the source drivers provides by pjasnos to no avail.
when i cp the binaries together with mi saved xorg.conf it all stared to work as before, it was very important to replace the xorg.com with the old one as

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

doesn't work has it used to.

[scarecrowmeat]

I followed the steps for installing the driver but when it got to the configuration dialog (sudo displayconfig-gtk) i can select SIS and my resolution etc, but when i click test, the display crashes (Green lines coming from the top of the screen) and then i get a message telling me that "Configuration test failed". And if i apply the settings things don't change.

Anyone have any idea why this is happening?

I am running Hardy Heron on an Advent 9415 with what i only before looking into this knew as "SIS mirage 3 graphics" as an igp graphics card. I'm assuming this is what the SIS 671/672 cards are?

Any help greatly appreciated.

If only SIS would just provide the drivers

[debianite]

If only SIS would just provide the drivers

We all have to to keep emailing them and request the drivers, including the link to this tread may also help.

[jpescolar]

Originally Posted by pjasnos "almost" point and click method: Get OttoD modified sources (n.b. he posted a link on this thread, but just in case: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...07&postcount=4 sudo apt-get build-dep xserver-xorg-video-sis sudo apt-get install displayconfig-gtk tar -xjf intelsrc.tar.bz2 cd 2d-driver ./configure --prefix=/ sudo make install sudo displayconfig-gtk Click on Graphics Card --> Driver --> Choose driver by name --> sis (Silicon Integrated Systems) Go back to Screen, click Model and select appropriate resolution from generic (in my case: Generic LCD Panel 1280x800), remember to tick widescreen box if your monitor is widescreen Choose appropriate screen resolution Done N.b. if you run displayconfig-gtk again, it will say that you are using Vesa, and so will xorg.conf, but that's not true, as X autoconfigures itself to use sis. (displayconfig-gtk is somewhat deprecated in Hardy AFAIK --> see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...rg/+bug/207409 because of X.org 7.3)

In my 64 bits hardy laptop I've to copy the files installed in the lib64 dir to the correct dir:

cp /lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/sis_drv.so /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/sis_drv.so

And work very fine.

Thanks a lot!

[Pablin]

I must say Thank you very much pjasnos!!!!!! your driver works correctly in my Olibook 520 with the "SiS 671/672 Mirage 3 Graphics" Graphic Card running Kubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron.

Again thank you very much pjasnos and sorry for my poor english.

[dummiebeginner]

Hi again,

I regret to say that it finally didn't work for me, Poszumtak. For some reason I couldn't access the forum that day anymore and couldn't reply to you when I was trying to solve this and I got too tired and stressed so I sent everything to hell and reinstalled Windows (apart frpm the fact that Ubuntu self-installed over my whole hard disk formatting my Windows and I got like arrrghhh!!)

Ok, the question is still the same. It works well from the CD and I get 1200x800. But then I install Ubuntu from the desktop install icon and when it's done, the resolution returns to 800x600, and when I try to log off and on as you nsuggest, it asks me for an administrator password to log in, which I insert, and later when I try to write the code (for installing the driver again) in the console CD DESKTOP/INTELBIN, something has been modified (because of the administrator log-in probably) and it says that such directory or file don't exist while I still see the bl**dy driver folder over my desktop.

So, some instruction is missing at that point. If you know what I'm talking about, please let me know what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks again

PS: Yes, I use version 8.04. Should I try version 7.10 with another system? Anyone knows of this possibility and can explain in words for dummies?

Thanks

PS2: I forgot to say that this notebook uses 64bits, I believe. Does it matter what Ubuntu I'm using, 32 or 64? Because I don't remember which one I got... My Windows is 32 bits and I perhaps got the 32 for Ubuntu as well to avoid problems since 32 runs in 64 and not the other way round I believe.

[pjasnos]

Originally Posted by jpescolar In my 64 bits hardy laptop I've to copy the files installed in the lib64 dir to the correct dir: cp /lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/sis_drv.so /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/sis_drv.so And work very fine. Thanks a lot!

Hello,

Just a few words: this is not my driver, it was released by Intel and modified by OttoD to make it work with Xorg 7.3 (which is default in Hardy) --> and I want to say a BIG thank you to him for that.

jpescolar: I installed the files in /lib/xorg/modules and didn't have problems making it work. If you want them to go to /usr/lib64/xorg/modules (or /usr/lib/xorg/modules), please use

./configure --prefix=/usr

instead of:

./configure --prefix=/

[subcomandante]

Que grande pjasnos, todo perfecto siguiento paso a paso las indicaciones de la pagina 8, en kubuntu 8.04 en una olibook

Gracias

thanks pjasnos your driver works fine in Kubuntu 8.04.

[scarecrowmeat]

Originally Posted by pjasnos Hello, Just a few words: this is not my driver, it was released by Intel and modified by OttoD to make it work with Xorg 7.3 (which is default in Hardy) --> and I want to say a BIG thank you to him for that. jpescolar: I installed the files in /lib/xorg/modules and didn't have problems making it work. If you want them to go to /usr/lib64/xorg/modules (or /usr/lib/xorg/modules), please use ./configure --prefix=/usr instead of: ./configure --prefix=/

Thanks! for me it was installing the files to the directories under /usr that fixed it (I'm running Ubuntu Hardy).

[lucano22]

Originally Posted by pjasnos "almost" point and click method: Get OttoD modified sources (n.b. he posted a link on this thread, but just in case: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...07&postcount=4 sudo apt-get build-dep xserver-xorg-video-sis sudo apt-get install displayconfig-gtk tar -xjf intelsrc.tar.bz2 cd 2d-driver ./configure --prefix=/usr sudo make install sudo displayconfig-gtk Click on Graphics Card --> Driver --> Choose driver by name --> sis (Silicon Integrated Systems) Go back to Screen, click Model and select appropriate resolution from generic (in my case: Generic LCD Panel 1280x800), remember to tick widescreen box if your monitor is widescreen Choose appropriate screen resolution Done N.b. if you run displayconfig-gtk again, it will say that you are using Vesa, and so will xorg.conf, but that's not true, as X autoconfigures itself to use sis. (displayconfig-gtk is somewhat deprecated in Hardy AFAIK --> see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...rg/+bug/207409 because of X.org 7.3)

Hey man that worked ok!... thanks a lot!.... but I'm still fighting with the fu##### wifi... you know... at startup with pci=aasign-busses apic miantimer idle=poll reboot=cold, hard I can enable the Wifi but I can see the accsess point but can't connect to. With noapic nolapic acpi=off irqpoll I can't enable the wifi card.........

Someone has solve this issue?????

Thanks and regards,