SIS graphics: 14.04 works fine, but 14.10 won't detect my monitor

[oldsmobile_mike]

Does the output in #8 come from 14.10?

Yes. That's using the xorg.conf file I copied out of the previous thread. If I don't use that I only get 640x480 resolution.

[mörgæs]

I just got this from Temüjin:

The SiS video driver was dropped in Utopic, probably because it did not build against Xserver 1.16.x

Patches for that are now in git: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-sis/

So for now the options are a) stay with 14.04 or b) install 14.10 and use an xorg.conf.

[oldsmobile_mike]

I just got this from Temüjin:




So for now the options are a) stay with 14.04 or b) install 14.10 and use an xorg.conf.

Oh, well that's unfortunate! Can you point me in the right direction for any tips to build a proper xorg.conf file? I've googled a few but am not having much success. I like some of the other new features of 14.10 and would prefer to stick with it, but would like to be able to use my proper screenmode (1280x800) as well. Also is there any downside (performance-wise, etc.) to using an xorg.conf? Thanks!

[mörgæs]

Sorry, don't know.

[oldsmobile_mike]

YES. I figured it out.

After significant research here's the steps I did:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa: xorg-edgers
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-sis

delete any xorg.conf files from /etc/X11

Reboot

It appears to be a version of the SiS display driver specifically for 14.10. System came back up running the correct 1280x800 screenmode. I still need to test it a little more but all appears good.

More info here: http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/package...xorg-video-sis

Thanks so much for your help, I hope this info helps others in the future!

[matt_symes]

Hi

@oldsmobile_mike.

This may help me out as well.

Any chance you could post the output of the command below to see if it will please

lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 vga

It needs the capital A above.

Kind regards

[oldsmobile_mike]

@matt_symes - Sure, here you go!

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter [1039:6330]
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:0111]

[matt_symes]

Hi

@matt_symes - Sure, here you go!

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter [1039:6330]
    Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:0111]

Cheers buddy

You have the same vga controller as me.

I had the pretty much the same issue.

Alright under 14.04 but could not get anything better than 800x600 under a dev version of 14.10.

I've had to use a custom xorg.conf since I got these boxes but I can't complain as they were a gift.

This thread will hopefully save me some time so cheers to all who contributed.

Kind regards

[oldsmobile_mike]

Glad to help! Post back if the above steps I posted fix the problem for you, too!

[maurrox]

YES. I figured it out.

After significant research here's the steps I did:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa: xorg-edgers
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-sis

delete any xorg.conf files from /etc/X11

Reboot

This is perfect to me ... thank's a lot!!

For beginner before sudo apt-add-repository ppa: xorg-edgers
sudo apt-get update

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Old notebook Aspire 3503WLMi whit Lubuntu 14.04

lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter [1039:6330] Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0082]