14.04 upgrade resolution problem, SIS 771/671

[Mvrius]

Hi,

After upgrading to 14.04 on my Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo Mobile V5535, the first time I rebooted my laptop it came up with constant errors upon logging in, causing the system to log me out again etc. etc. and it was a bit of an infinite loop. Now, though, after the second reboot, a day later, it did log in just fine but still gave me a handful of errors. Everything seems to work fine, but my screen is 'zoomed in' quite far as the only available resolution under system settings -> displays is 640 x 480 (4:3). It says drivers are OK. It looks and feels really weird, does anyone know how to fix this?

http://i.imgur.com/HvpLXb0.png


http://i.imgur.com/ryywUZ7.png

[Dreamer Fithp Apprentice]

Several possibilities come to mind. Might be as simple as installing the latest propietary driver for your graphics card. You could use Synaptic or whatever you like for browsing the repository and search the brand name of your graphics card. For me, for instance, the driver metapackage to install is nvidia-current. I'm not sure what the default settings on an out-of-the-box Ubuntu are anymore but you may have to enable propietary drivers as a class. That used to be in the menu.

Once, I had this exact problem, well, same symptom I should say. For me, what worked was reinstalling xorg, thus:
sudo apt-get purge xorg
sudo apt-get install xorgI was afraid it would uninstall all my graphical programs as dependencies and I'd have to reinstall them all but it didn't. It took less than a minute.

There is at least one, maybe more, similar threads around here somewhere, that might have some other suggestions.

[Mvrius]

Several possibilities come to mind. Might be as simple as installing the latest propietary driver for your graphics card. You could use Synaptic or whatever you like for browsing the repository and search the brand name of your graphics card. For me, for instance, the driver metapackage to install is nvidia-current. I'm not sure what the default settings on an out-of-the-box Ubuntu are anymore but you may have to enable propietary drivers as a class. That used to be in the menu.

Once, I had this exact problem, well, same symptom I should say. For me, what worked was reinstalling xorg, thus:
sudo apt-get purge xorg
sudo apt-get install xorgI was afraid it would uninstall all my graphical programs as dependencies and I'd have to reinstall them all but it didn't. It took less than a minute.

There is at least one, maybe more, similar threads around here somewhere, that might have some other suggestions.

Thanks for the quick reply.
I'm afraid it's neither, though :-(
The SiS (my graphics card) drivers are automatically installed and currently up-to-date. Reinstalling xorg didn't do the trick either.

P.S. My laptop (Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo Mobile V5535 came with Vista, it's not an out-of-the-box Ubuntu system)

P.P.S. Adding new resolutions with xrandr also doesn't work, "xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default" for any resolutions greater than 640x480

[mörgæs]

Please run
sudo lshw -sanitize > lshw.txt and post lshw.txt in CODE tags.

[Mvrius]

Here it is:


computer
description: Computer
product: ESPRIMO Mobile V5535 ()
vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS
version: V1.05
serial: [REMOVED]
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: administrator_password=disabled boot=oem-specific cpus=1 frontpanel_password=unknown keyboard_password=unknown power-on_password=disabled uuid=[REMOVED]
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: Z17M2.0
vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS
physical id: 0
version: 04
serial: [REMOVED]
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Phoenix
physical id: 0
version: V1.13
date: 11/13/09
size: 102KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect edd int13floppynec int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 570 @ 2.26GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.6.1
serial: [REMOVED]
slot: uPGA 479M
size: 2260MHz
capacity: 3600MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 200MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe nx x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dtherm
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 5
slot: L1 Cache
size: 16KiB
capacity: 16KiB
capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 6
slot: L2 Cache
size: 1MiB
capacity: 1MiB
capabilities: burst internal write-back
*-cache
description: L3 cache
physical id: 7
slot: L3 Cache
size: 1MiB
capabilities: burst internal write-back
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: e
slot: System board or motherboard
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*-bank:0
description: DIMM DRAM Synchronous
physical id: 0
slot: DIMM1
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
*-bank:1
description: DIMM DRAM Synchronous
physical id: 1
slot: DIMM2
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 671MX
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
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bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-sis latency=32
resources: irq:0 memory:d0000000-d3ffffff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge)
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
resources: ioport:9000(size=4096) memory:d4000000-d40fffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: 771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 10
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm agp agp-3.0 vga_controller cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d4000000-d401ffff ioport:9000(size=128)
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: SiS968 [MuTIOL Media IO]
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-ide:0
description: IDE interface
product: 5513 IDE Controller
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 2.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.5
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pata_sis latency=128
resources: irq:16 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:1000(size=16)
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: USB 1.1 Controller
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:00:03.0
version: 0f
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ohci bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=32 maxlatency=80
resources: irq:20 memory:d4204000-d4204fff
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: USB 1.1 Controller
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 3.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:03.1
version: 0f
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ohci bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=32 maxlatency=80
resources: irq:21 memory:d4205000-d4205fff
*-usb:2
description: USB controller
product: USB 2.0 Controller
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 3.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:03.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=32 maxlatency=80
resources: irq:22 memory:d4206000-d4206fff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 191 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 4
bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sis190 driverversion=1.4 duplex=full ip=[REMOVED] latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:19 memory:d4407000-d440707f ioport:1080(size=128)
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: SATA Controller / IDE mode
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=sata_sis latency=32
resources: irq:17 ioport:1058(size=8) ioport:104c(size=4) ioport:1050(size=8) ioport:1048(size=4) ioport:1020(size=16)
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: PCI-to-PCI bridge
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci msi pciexpress pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:16 memory:d4100000-d41fffff
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 04
serial: [REMOVED]
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=3.13.0-29-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
resources: irq:16 memory:d4100000-d410ffff
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: PCI-to-PCI bridge
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 7
bus info: pci@0000:00:07.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci msi pciexpress pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:16 ioport:3000(size=8192) memory:dc000000-dfffffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: Azalia Audio Controller
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: f
bus info: pci@0000:00:0f.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0 maxlatency=11 mingnt=52
resources: irq:18 memory:d4200000-d4203fff
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: PCI-to-PCI bridge
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:0
*-scsi:0
physical id: 1
logical name: scsi0
capabilities: emulated
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: CDDVDW TS-L632H
vendor: TSSTcorp
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: fs03
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-scsi:1
physical id: 2
logical name: scsi2
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: HTS541010G9SA00
vendor: Hitachi
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: MBZO
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 93GiB (100GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=00024f3b
*-volume:0
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 91GiB
capacity: 91GiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2013-10-22 14:43:34 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2014-06-21 14:32:05 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2014-06-21 14:32:05 state=mounted
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
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capacity: 1276MiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
capacity: 1276MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-battery
description: Lithium Ion Battery
product: Simplo
vendor: Simplo
physical id: 1
version: Samsung
serial: [REMOVED]
slot: main
capacity: 48840mWh
configuration: voltage=11.1V
*-remoteaccess UNCLAIMED
vendor: SiS
physical id: 2
capabilities: inbound

[mörgæs]

This is old hardware and I recommend that you begin with a fresh install of Lubuntu 14.04, not Ubuntu.

Please ignore post #2. There are no proprietary drivers available.

I suggest that you try the xorg.conf posted in http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2215422. Another poster solved the problem for an Esprimo V5535 by doing so.