I downloaded and installed the driver Retraut, and it works identical to bgerlich's one, so 2 thumbs up for both of you (Altho it also gives me to wierd blue colored lines on start up)
But sadly no visual effects work with the 2d driver .
The search goes on
Hi,
I just wanted to chime in that I'm running a dedicated wiki about SiS related graphic troubles. It's the result from many o' discussions on this and other forums. Please help me to keep it up to date.
Here's the link: http://ncc-1701a.homelinux.net/~linux-sis/
Thank you and have a happy new year,
Dennis
Any idea why i can't get 32bit desktop to work? Only 24bit.
Reply #24 worked for me on my Asus X58 with SiS 672.
Hello!
I'm posting this message to have some tranquility about one doubt that I have about the Sis 671/771 2D driver. When I start the X server, it behaves somewhat "strange". The screen's corners seems to "melt" after the server starts to display the normal graphics.
Every driver that I tried has the same behavior. I would like to ask: is this behavior normal/safe? Doesn't it have the risk of damage some piece of hardware(chipset, memory, lcd panel)?
Others vga's doesn't have this glitch when initializing. I tested with diferent distributions, Mandriva, Ubuntu, Debian. All behave the same. Actually I have Sidux(Debian Sid) installed.
The same happens with all of you? Or is bad luck?
I'm sending a video to explain better what happens. Take a look at the borders of the screen and that little red line.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQfCYDGeZcA
Thanks for your help!
helix0r , i have also some wierd startup bug, and its only with the 2D driver (does not happen with vesa) but its some what diffent then yours, mine is just some blue and white vertical lines during startup ....
I agree ur bug looks very concerning, mine is "just" anoying
Yeah Solarium, its only when using the 2D driver. When using Vesa, this glitch doesnt happens, but I can only get 1280x768 resolution.
Not that this resolution is bad at all, but the missing 32 pixels cause some parts of the image to be "squeezed" up, specifically fonts.
And I'm afraid of continue using this 2D driver and "melt" some part of the hardware, haha
Anyway, thanks for your reply!
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