My system:
Fujitsu Esprimo v5515 (SIS 672)
Ubuntu 9.04, fresh install.
The problem:
Only getting 800x600.
The goal:
Getting 1280x800.
I tried for many months to get this working (8.04. 8.10, 9.04), always failing miserably.
I tried other distros (Fedora/Mandriva/Mint)... Not a single one gave me the resolution I wanted.
I returned to Ubuntu (9.04).
0 - I downloaded xorg-driver-sis671_0.9_i386.deb into my home folder and installed.
On reboot, the system went "crazy", black screen, no errors being reported (AFAIK, too lazy to go through logs in recovery mode+root shell prompt or through the livecd).
I thought that perhaps the system got confused with too many drivers for X under SIS dictatorship.
Time to do some cleaning.
This is the way how it worked for me.
1 - Boot/reboot and choose on the Grub menu "Recovery Mode"
* alternatively, in graphic mode, in the command line, in a terminal window
* type
* sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
* cross fingers
* and X may graciously stop
* OK, so you now jump to step 4
2 - Choose option "Drop to root shell prompt"
3 - Login
4 - Type
sudo su
5 - Type
apt-get remove xserver-video-sis671
5.a - Restart if you think that some goblins are still there (and then go through steps 1-2-3-4-6)
6 - Type
dpkg -i xorg-driver-sis671_0.9_i386.deb
7 - Reboot (to be on the safe side of things) or exit+startx
As I said before, it worked for me, YMMV.
I tried this procedure in a new fresh install, going directly to step 1 without the install in step 0. It worked. 1280x800 in all its "glory".
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