SiS 771/671 Mirage 3 Video Drivers

[jantunes]

Sorry but this thread is getting a little confusing. What should I try in 11.10?

[noxified]

not sure but i think that ub 11.10 for me works just A BIT better..

[vilson]

Hi everybody
I have a SIS 771/671 on my Fujitsu-Siemens Esprimo v5615 and i'm using the new ubuntu 11.10.
I resolved my resolution problem instaling the 2d driver from Alberto Casagrande at Launchpad.net

Just add his PPA and install is driver, reboot, and you're done.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:acasagrande/xf86-video-sismedia
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-sismedia


Here's the link:
https://launchpad.net/~acasagrande/+...video-sismedia

[noxified]

how good that driver works?

[vilson]

I don't know what do you mean by "how good it works", it just works, you know that a SIS graphics card isn't an nvidia or ati, you can't play that 3d games and else. It gives a higher resolution (1200x800 i think, i don't have the machine here), and the display get's clearer, way much better than before ( 1024x768 ).

[Elzigzag]

It works, and its "installation" is really easy, you don't need to sudo-edit things... and to go to some places you'd never want to go. I mean, an OS shouldn't be meant just for geeks... Ubuntu needs to make things easy in order to attract more REAL MASSIVE USERS, those users like myself who want an operating PC/notebook/netbook without needing the skills of a programmer.

[noxified]

just for curiosity.i found a xorg.config on the internet and i said let me try it.i installed debian 6(because use gnome 2 and for curiosity) to see how works with this video card,and i pasted the xorg.config.i restarted the laptop and...i had a surprise.no flickering on boot,good resolution,no frames on display,works...out of the box.(without 3d ofc) i was surprised.i don't understand why,but ...what the heck.it's working.
if someone's intreasted i'll post here xorg.conf file.

[malnati]

just for curiosity.i found a xorg.config on the internet and i said let me try it.i installed debian 6(because use gnome 2 and for curiosity) to see how works with this video card,and i pasted the xorg.config.i restarted the laptop and...i had a surprise.no flickering on boot,good resolution,no frames on display,works...out of the box.(without 3d ofc) i was surprised.i don't understand why,but ...what the heck.it's working.
if someone's intreasted i'll post here xorg.conf file.

Everyone here is of course interested! What game are you playing?
Please post that damn file! Where did you find it?
For FSF's sake, share what you know!

[malnati]

just for curiosity.i found a xorg.config on the internet and i said let me try it.i installed debian 6(because use gnome 2 and for curiosity) to see how works with this video card,and i pasted the xorg.config.i restarted the laptop and...i had a surprise.no flickering on boot,good resolution,no frames on display,works...out of the box.(without 3d ofc) i was surprised.i don't understand why,but ...what the heck.it's working.
if someone's intreasted i'll post here xorg.conf file.

Everyone here is of course interested! What game are you playing?
Please post that damn file! Where did you find it?
For FSF's sake, share what you know!

[s0dium]

Hi everybody
I have a SIS 771/671 on my Fujitsu-Siemens Esprimo v5615 and i'm using the new ubuntu 11.10.
I resolved my resolution problem instaling the 2d driver from Alberto Casagrande at Launchpad.net

Just add his PPA and install is driver, reboot, and you're done.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:acasagrande/xf86-video-sismedia
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-sismedia


Here's the link:
https://launchpad.net/~acasagrande/+archive/xf86-video-sismedia

I gave this a whirl and my laptop would no longer boot. I am trying to get a resolution of 1366 x 768, could someone please give me instructions on how to get these drivers working under 11.10? Thanks for any help.