SiS 771/671 Mirage 3 Video Drivers

[fdesposito@gmail.com]

This is for Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope), AMD64 (64-bit):

1. Download files
2. Move them to /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers
3. Add the following to your device section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Driver "sis671"

4. Reboot your system (or restart gdm/Xorg)

Thanks a lot, I´ve been searching for this and now I´m a very happy 1280x800 user

Regards,
Fernando.

[Daniel Uranga]

Thats whats happen to my screen after installing the driver. I have tried editing xorg.conf by hand and adding Option "UseROMData" "false" and things like that, but nothing works. Any idea?

[bilbophile]

bgerlich,

I have a Fujitsu Siemens Mobile Esprimo v5535 with a SiS 771/671 video card. I run sidux (a user-friendly derivative of Debian Sid, with a different kernel and a few scripts). When the old driver stopped working I did a full reinstall (vesa driver), updated the system using the smxi script and installed the beta driver for SiS 771/671 posted here. Next to the link to the deb package there was a link to this thread.

First, I want to thank you for a functional driver for my system. With the new Xorg, it allows flawless suspension to both disk and RAM.

There is still one snag: when I log out my account or when I press Ctrl-Alt-Backspace (I have disabled DontZap) I am dropped at the console. kdm is still active according to "ps aux" but I have to restart it to get my graphical login back.

I am not sure where the problem lies: the beta driver, changes in Xorg, KDE 4.2, or (quite unlikely) an update issue.

[ajoliveira]

Thanks for the driver Bartlomiej. It works, I could do the upgrade to 9.04.

[mcrump001]

I have tried installing the deb on jaunty and an intel d201gly mini itx motherboard but I get the following error:

(II) SIS(0): SiS driver (2006/10/17-1, compiled for X.org 1.6.0.0)
(II) SIS(0): Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Thomas Winischhofer <thomas@winischhofer.net> and others
(II) SIS(0): *** See http://www.winischhofer.at/linuxsisvga.shtml
(II) SIS(0): *** for documentation, updates and a Premium Version.
(II) SIS(0): RandR rotation support not available in this version.
(II) SIS(0): Dynamic modelist support not available in this version.
(II) SIS(0): Screen growing support not available in this version.
(II) SIS(0): Advanced Xv video blitter not available in this version.
(II) SIS(0): Advanced MergedFB support not available in this version.
(EE) SIS(0): **************************************************
(EE) SIS(0): ERROR:
(EE) SIS(0): Chipset "SIS[M]661[F|M]X/[M]741[GX]/[M]760[GX]/[M]761[GX]/662" is not SIS 771/671, use the "sis" driver instead
(EE) SIS(0): END OF MESSAGE
(EE) SIS(0): **************************************************
(II) UnloadModule: "sis671"

Will this driver work for the Intel d201gly motherboard and jaunty?

Regards,

Michael

[tnkflx]

I have tried installing the deb on jaunty and an intel d201gly mini itx motherboard but I get the following error:

(II) SIS(0): SiS driver (2006/10/17-1, compiled for X.org 1.6.0.0)
(II) SIS(0): Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Thomas Winischhofer <thomas@winischhofer.net> and others
(II) SIS(0): *** See http://www.winischhofer.at/linuxsisvga.shtml
(II) SIS(0): *** for documentation, updates and a Premium Version.
(II) SIS(0): RandR rotation support not available in this version.
(II) SIS(0): Dynamic modelist support not available in this version.
(II) SIS(0): Screen growing support not available in this version.
(II) SIS(0): Advanced Xv video blitter not available in this version.
(II) SIS(0): Advanced MergedFB support not available in this version.
(EE) SIS(0): **************************************************
(EE) SIS(0): ERROR:
(EE) SIS(0): Chipset "SIS[M]661[F|M]X/[M]741[GX]/[M]760[GX]/[M]761[GX]/662" is not SIS 771/671, use the "sis" driver instead
(EE) SIS(0): END OF MESSAGE
(EE) SIS(0): **************************************************
(II) UnloadModule: "sis671"

Will this driver work for the Intel d201gly motherboard and jaunty?

That is what I've asking, I have not yet received an answer to this...

[bgerlich]

Comment out the lines 3330, 3331, 3332 and 3333 of the file src/sis_driver.c .

It looks like this:

    if(pSiS->Chipset != PCI_CHIP_SIS671) {
       SISErrorLog(pScrn, "Chipset \"%s\" is not SIS 771/671, use the \"sis\" driver instead\n", pScrn->chipset);
       goto my_error_0;
    }

Should look:

//    if(pSiS->Chipset != PCI_CHIP_SIS671) {
//       SISErrorLog(pScrn, "Chipset \"%s\" is not SIS 771/671, use the \"sis\" driver instead\n", pScrn->chipset);
//       goto my_error_0;
//    }

I have no idea if the driver will work with Sis 662, it should but I have no way of verifying that claim. If it does - please report. If you need help compiling the driver send me line.

[mcrump001]

I have tried recompiling the driver but have had little success. I was wondering if you might be able to recompile it and add an xorg config option to the driver to force or ignore the sis chip set restriction.

[bgerlich]

Will post the driver tomorrow evening. Cheers.

[croke1314]

barros lee gave this to me he said this could also run on FC10 but this is just for ubuntu 8.10 i havent tried this yet.. because i am now using the jaunty. and this is a .run file which is looks alien to me.. i dont know how to install this http://rapidshare.com/files/24078973...tu810.run.html