SiS 771/671 Mirage 3 Video Drivers

[misovi]

Hello,
I have Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo Mobile V5515 laptop with integrated sis 771/671 and Ubuntu 9.04 installed. I am a new user of Ubuntu. My problem is that I can't change the screen resolution, it only offers 800x600 and 640x480. Also, when I turn on the computer it warns me that my video card is not recognised. Please help.
Grateful in advance!

[afeasfaerw23231233]

Hi, did you follow Dennis' guide?
http://ncc-1701a.homelinux.net/~linu...page=Downloads
http://ncc-1701a.homelinux.net/~linu...p?page=Preface

Now the 64-bit version of the driver is available too.

[rainerschreiber]

Hi bgerlich,

First of all, thank you for your driver xorg-driver-sis671_0.9_i386.deb, which you posted more than a year ago.

I have installed the package and added Driver "sis671" to my xorg.conf.
Everything works fine, in System > Preferences > Display I see that my resolution is at 1280x800, but I can't find a configuration which makes it possible to expand my desktop over my 2 displays

My setup is:
- Asus X58C-AP007A Laptop with SIS 771/671 chipset in it
- Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop installed
- lspci | grep VGA > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter (rev 10)
- On external VGA output a Samsung SyncMaster 172v

What I have now is the laptop LCD and the external Samsung SyncMaster showing both the complete desktop (cloned), but I would like to have 1 expanded desktop over the 2 screens, for instance both at 1280x800, the maximum of my LCD.

Do you think that is possible? I have tried so much the last couple of days, and found a lot of blogs and bug reports, but I can't find how to configure it.

Thank you in advance for your reply.

Kind regards,

Rainer
rainerd0tmailboxatgmaild0tc0m

[testar12]

Hello! same problem with ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, max reso is 800x600 Neither google or ubuntu help doesn't provide any helpful results. Wasting all together already two days. Still in deep sh..t. Any help and link is very welcome. Card: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter (rev 10) By the way, according to lot of recommendations "change the conf file xorg.conf, there aren't it at all!!

Thank You in advance

Teet

[kastanedowski]

Hello! same problem with ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, max reso is 800x600 Neither google or ubuntu help doesn't provide any helpful results. Wasting all together already two days. Still in deep sh..t. Any help and link is very welcome. Card: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter (rev 10) By the way, according to lot of recommendations "change the conf file xorg.conf, there aren't it at all!!

Thank You in advance

Teet

come on, only two days? I have wasted weeks, and I even fought with my wife because my super linux was supposed to be better...

There is no solution for SIS for 3D, googling you will confirm what I am saying so I you were planing to play games or even play online games with "waveshock" you have chosen the wrong operational system...

2 solutions... BUY a real video card or install windows

[testar12]

My wife is using Ubuntu 9.10 too and we should find some other topics to fight, because we both think that ubuntu is on of the best OS. My problem is solved, if i can change the screen resolution to an acceptable level. 800x600 is far to little. For plaing games i think there are some other possibilities and its more common to my kids. In older version of Ubuntu I managed to manually change xorg.conf now there is j not file (or at least i cant find it(or other place to edit)).

Teet (still looking to find some solution)

[testar12]

Hey everybody, I managed to fix it. Ubuntu 9.10 fresh updated, Kernel 2.6.31-14, gnome 2.28.0
This driverd helped me http://ubuntuway.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/drivers-de-sis-771671-para-jaunty/. NB! there wasnt need to make new xorg.conf fail. 1280x 800(16:10) 60Hz Works nice

Teet

[kastanedowski]

It is working the 3D? can you run Compiz? Games?

Hey everybody, I managed to fix it. Ubuntu 9.10 fresh updated, Kernel 2.6.31-14, gnome 2.28.0
This driverd helped me http://ubuntuway.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/drivers-de-sis-771671-para-jaunty/. NB! there wasnt need to make new xorg.conf fail. 1280x 800(16:10) 60Hz Works nice

Teet

[ladril]

I think it does not work for 3D Applications, compiz incuded. It's the same driver i'm using now.

Hi all!!!! My First Post

[afeasfaerw23231233]

come on, only two days? I have wasted weeks, and I even fought with my wife because my super linux was supposed to be better...

There is no solution for SIS for 3D, googling you will confirm what I am saying so I you were planing to play games or even play online games with "waveshock" you have chosen the wrong operational system...

2 solutions... BUY a real video card or install windows

The sad thing is that most, if not all, of the users bugged by this problem have this SiSM671(MX)/M672(MX) on our laptops, not desktop. As far as I know all laptops with this chipsets are of the lowest range (lowest cost?) of the product line and don't have an PCI-e slot. Take my laptop as an example it has no extra memory slot and the built-in wifi card was installed in a specially made "internel USB slot" (not PCI-e!)

So the solution should be either live with it or buy a new notebook.
Windows: not a choice

P.S. I also noticed that laptops SiSM672 chipset drained the battery two times faster than its Intel chipset counterparts (same manufacturer, same battery and same configuration except the chipset) in both Windows and Linux. SiS has already quit the chipset market and I am so disappointed that it didn't quit earlier so that I wouldn't fall into this trap!