Re: rollback X, SIS671/771
Thanks! I didn't know there was such a project. 2010/1/28 Florian Reitmeir flor...@reitmeir.org Hi, http://snapshot.debian.net/ On Thu, 28 Jan 2010, Sebastian wrote: I have a SIS 671/771 graphics card in my laptop (Fujitsu Esprimo v5535) which has always given me grief. It was running smoothly with resolution up to 1024x800 however with a driver I downloaded from the net[1] on my debian squeeze/sid (apt prefers testing). After the xorg update from last night though the downloaded driver (sisimedia) stopped working and even after a good bit of fiddling with xorg.conf I only get the vesa-driver running (800x600). Which is - of course - not very nice... So, two questions: 1. How can I rollback my X to the way it was before? 2. Anybody had any success with the mentioned graphics card? -- Florian Reitmeir -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: rollback X, SIS671/771
Hi, On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 09:15:02PM -0500, David L. Craig wrote: On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 09:44:55AM -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: According to Ron Lee, Debian package maintainer for the ... it as Kernel Modesetting Stuff (KMS). I don't know if that is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode-setting ... Thank for that information. I must be missing a crucial list subscription as I haven't heard any of this. If you are running Debian testing/unstable, please subscribe and listen to what Developers are talking at debian-de...@lists.debian.org debian-devel-annou...@lists.debian.org Asking debian-user question is not appreciated there but they talk about major migration issues there. You can quietly listen... Osamu PS: Squeeze release contains many major changes. It has been rough... at least for me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: rollback X, SIS671/771
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 12:12:32AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: If you are running Debian testing/unstable, please subscribe and listen to what Developers are talking at debian-de...@lists.debian.org debian-devel-annou...@lists.debian.org Ah, somehow I have overlooked d-d-a all these years. Now to read its archives... PS: Squeeze release contains many major changes. It has been rough... at least for me. Well, yeah, that's what we signed up for, after all. However, one _does_ get used to unrealisticly normally high quality in beta packages to the point of ascribing dependability to even Sid, even though we know better. Microsoft could learn a lot from Debian developers, I think. -- May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly! Dave_Craig__ 'So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe.' __--from_Nightfall_by_Asimov/Silverberg_ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: rollback X, SIS671/771
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 01:54:37AM +, Sebastian wrote: I have a SIS 671/771 graphics card in my laptop (Fujitsu Esprimo v5535) which has always given me grief. It was running smoothly with resolution up to 1024x800 however with a driver I downloaded from the net[1] on my debian squeeze/sid (apt prefers testing). After the xorg update from last night though the downloaded driver (sisimedia) stopped working and even after a good bit of fiddling with xorg.conf I only get the vesa-driver running (800x600). Which is - of course - not very nice... So, two questions: 1. How can I rollback my X to the way it was before? 2. Anybody had any success with the mentioned graphics card? 1. I have an S3Virage that incurred similar issues. I have backed up all my filesystems, freed up the space, and installed a fresh Lenny with good results so far. Hopefully I will not have time to debug further but if I do, I will follow-up on d-u. 2. I am satisfied the graphics hardware is still functional. I am not sure whether the issue is in the 2.6.32 kernel or Xorg. I do know 2.6.32 breaks my old SCSI support! Sid has finally forced me to return to the good old days. And my Lenny install was not a piece of cake for this experienced sysadmin. I KNOW engineers--they LOVE to change things! --Leonard McCoy, M.D. -- May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly! Dave_Craig__ 'So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe.' __--from_Nightfall_by_Asimov/Silverberg_ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: rollback X, SIS671/771
Hi, http://snapshot.debian.net/ On Thu, 28 Jan 2010, Sebastian wrote: I have a SIS 671/771 graphics card in my laptop (Fujitsu Esprimo v5535) which has always given me grief. It was running smoothly with resolution up to 1024x800 however with a driver I downloaded from the net[1] on my debian squeeze/sid (apt prefers testing). After the xorg update from last night though the downloaded driver (sisimedia) stopped working and even after a good bit of fiddling with xorg.conf I only get the vesa-driver running (800x600). Which is - of course - not very nice... So, two questions: 1. How can I rollback my X to the way it was before? 2. Anybody had any success with the mentioned graphics card? -- Florian Reitmeir -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: rollback X, SIS671/771
On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:06:01 -0500, David L. Craig wrote: 1. I have an S3Virage that incurred similar issues. I have backed up all my filesystems, freed up the space, and installed a fresh Lenny with good results so far. Hopefully I will not have time to debug further but if I do, I will follow-up on d-u. 2. I am satisfied the graphics hardware is still functional. I am not sure whether the issue is in the 2.6.32 kernel or Xorg. I do know 2.6.32 breaks my old SCSI support! Sid has finally forced me to return to the good old days. And my Lenny install was not a piece of cake for this experienced sysadmin. According to Ron Lee, Debian package maintainer for the svgatextmode package, recent Linux kernels have taken over direct control of the video hardware, and recent releases of X now make system calls to the kernel to change video modes. He refers to it as Kernel Modesetting Stuff (KMS). I don't know if that is any kind of official designation or if that's just his pet name for it. With such a massive migration of code from one place to another, we can probably expect some problems in this area. Fortunately, it does not appear to affect my system, which uses an Nvidia TNT2 chipset. This change ultimately let to svgatextmode being dropped from the archive for Squeeze. :-( Perhaps someone else who knows more about it and is listening can elaborate. I'm not saying that this change is the cause of your problem, but it would be the first thing that I would suspect. A similar thing occurred a while back when a lot of mouse code migrated from gpm to the kernel itself. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: rollback X, SIS671/771
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 09:44:55AM -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: According to Ron Lee, Debian package maintainer for the svgatextmode package, recent Linux kernels have taken over direct control of the video hardware, and recent releases of X now make system calls to the kernel to change video modes. He refers to it as Kernel Modesetting Stuff (KMS). I don't know if that is any kind of official designation or if that's just his pet name for it. With such a massive migration of code from one place to another, we can probably expect some problems in this area. Fortunately, it does not appear to affect my system, which uses an Nvidia TNT2 chipset. This change ultimately let to svgatextmode being dropped from the archive for Squeeze. :-( Perhaps someone else who knows more about it and is listening can elaborate. I'm not saying that this change is the cause of your problem, but it would be the first thing that I would suspect. A similar thing occurred a while back when a lot of mouse code migrated from gpm to the kernel itself. Thank for that information. I must be missing a crucial list subscription as I haven't heard any of this. I'm not complaining about the instability, merely mentioning my experiences in case they might be helpful to others. I still need to research sd driver changes since 2.6.26 to determine if the lifespan of my ancient HW will only be extended by my own driver hacking skills. While that sounds like it would be fun, I would first need to acquire such skills and time to do so is an issue these days. -- May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly! Dave_Craig__ 'So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe.' __--from_Nightfall_by_Asimov/Silverberg_ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: rollback X, SIS671/771
On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:15:02 -0500, David L. Craig wrote: On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 09:44:55AM -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: According to Ron Lee, Debian package maintainer for the svgatextmode package, recent Linux kernels have taken over direct control of the video hardware, and recent releases of X now make system calls to the kernel to change video modes. He refers to it as Kernel Modesetting Stuff (KMS). Thank for that information. I must be missing a crucial list subscription as I haven't heard any of this. A Google search of the internet using the keywords linux kernel KMS produced about 136,000 hits; so it's not a secret. But I hadn't heard about it either until I found out from Ron. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
