Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-07-01 Thread Yuhong Bao
Dave Airlie airlied@... writes: What happened went something like, Xorg SiS driver maintained by Thomas, then he had a premium version that he used to sell, when he gave up I think he might he code dropped the premium one but not in our tree or something. See

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-20 Thread Pander
On 05/20/2013 04:58 AM, Connor Behan wrote: On 19/05/13 09:48 AM, Pander wrote: On 05/18/2013 10:28 PM, Tormod Volden wrote: On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Pander wrote: (manual) patch results in [74.465] (II) LoadModule: sisimedia [74.465] (II) Loading

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-20 Thread Connor Behan
On 20/05/13 02:39 AM, Pander wrote: It works. Here is the Xorg log file. Switching to console with CTRL+ALT+F1 etc still doesn't work however. See the top pf the file for loading of the driver and the bottom (probably) for switching to console and back: http://pastebin.com/VA7dVBjL You're

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-19 Thread Pander
On 05/18/2013 10:28 PM, Tormod Volden wrote: On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Pander wrote: (manual) patch results in [74.465] (II) LoadModule: sisimedia [74.465] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/sisimedia_drv.so [74.465] (EE) Failed to load

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-19 Thread Connor Behan
On 19/05/13 09:48 AM, Pander wrote: On 05/18/2013 10:28 PM, Tormod Volden wrote: On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Pander wrote: (manual) patch results in [74.465] (II) LoadModule: sisimedia [74.465] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/sisimedia_drv.so [74.465] (EE) Failed

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-18 Thread Pander
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/12/2013 12:16 PM, Connor Behan wrote: On 10/05/13 01:23 AM, Pander wrote: On 05/07/2013 09:24 PM, Connor Behan wrote: On 07/05/13 06:17 AM, Pander wrote: On 7 May 2013 14:04, Pander pan...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: The sis671 driver:

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-18 Thread Tormod Volden
On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Pander wrote: (manual) patch results in [74.465] (II) LoadModule: sisimedia [74.465] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/sisimedia_drv.so [74.465] (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/sisimedia_drv.so:

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-12 Thread Connor Behan
On 10/05/13 01:23 AM, Pander wrote: On 05/07/2013 09:24 PM, Connor Behan wrote: On 07/05/13 06:17 AM, Pander wrote: On 7 May 2013 14:04, Pander pan...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: The sis671 driver: # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file) ... Section Device

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-12 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 05/12/13 03:16 AM, Connor Behan wrote: If you mean included with an Xorg katamari, there is probably no point. Most distros package individual components. As for why some drivers like these need to be downloaded from unofficial git repos while other drivers that are equally old have official

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-12 Thread Dave Airlie
On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 1:55 AM, Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@oracle.com wrote: On 05/12/13 03:16 AM, Connor Behan wrote: If you mean included with an Xorg katamari, there is probably no point. Most distros package individual components. As for why some drivers like these need to be

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-11 Thread Pander
On 05/10/2013 08:13 PM, Tormod Volden wrote: On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Pander wrote: On 05/07/2013 09:24 PM, Connor Behan wrote: SiS drivers support EXA and will probably use that by default when you start one of the newer Xservers that lacks XAA. This could easily crash if the SiS

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-10 Thread Pander
On 05/07/2013 09:24 PM, Connor Behan wrote: On 07/05/13 06:17 AM, Pander wrote: On 7 May 2013 14:04, Pander pan...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: The sis671 driver: # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file) ... Section Device Identifier Configured Video Device

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-10 Thread Pander
On 05/10/2013 10:23 AM, Pander wrote: On 05/07/2013 09:24 PM, Connor Behan wrote: On 07/05/13 06:17 AM, Pander wrote: On 7 May 2013 14:04, Pander pan...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: The sis671 driver: # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file) ... Section Device

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-10 Thread Tormod Volden
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Pander wrote: On 05/07/2013 09:24 PM, Connor Behan wrote: SiS drivers support EXA and will probably use that by default when you start one of the newer Xservers that lacks XAA. This could easily crash if the SiS EXA hooks haven't been updated in awhile so

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-07 Thread Pander
Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@oracle.com wrote: On 05/ 6/13 06:22 PM, Connor Behan wrote: Maybe you'll find someone who has a SiS card lying around and say I'll pay you $100 to put that card in your computer, write an xorg.conf file for it, figure out why it won't start and then change

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-07 Thread Felix Miata
On 2013-05-07 08:22 (GMT+0200) Pander composed: Alan Coopersmith wrote: you can buy 2 or 3 new ATI or Nvidia cards for that $100 and get much better performance support than trying to make an old card limp along forever. Well, it is an integrated card in my laptop. The newest SiS video

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-07 Thread Pander
On 2013-05-07 08:22 (GMT+0200) Pander composed: Alan Coopersmith wrote: you can buy 2 or 3 new ATI or Nvidia cards for that $100 and get much better performance support than trying to make an old card limp along forever. Well, it is an integrated card in my laptop. The newest SiS

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-07 Thread Connor Behan
On 06/05/13 11:22 PM, Pander wrote: Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@oracle.com wrote: On 05/ 6/13 06:22 PM, Connor Behan wrote: Maybe you'll find someone who has a SiS card lying around and say I'll pay you $100 to put that card in your computer, write an xorg.conf file for it, figure

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-07 Thread Pander
On 06/05/13 11:22 PM, Pander wrote: Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@oracle.com wrote: On 05/ 6/13 06:22 PM, Connor Behan wrote: Maybe you'll find someone who has a SiS card lying around and say I'll pay you $100 to put that card in your computer, write an xorg.conf file for it, figure

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-07 Thread Pander
On 06/05/13 11:22 PM, Pander wrote: Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@oracle.com wrote: On 05/ 6/13 06:22 PM, Connor Behan wrote: Maybe you'll find someone who has a SiS card lying around and say I'll pay you $100 to put that card in your computer, write an xorg.conf file for it, figure

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-07 Thread Connor Behan
On 07/05/13 02:19 AM, Pander wrote: This is the log file, search for [Ss][Ii][Ss] http://pastebin.com/GMhwZXde It looks like the Xserver tries sis, modesetting, fbdev and vesa and ends up deciding on vesa. In order to see useful information, make sure X doesn't use a generic driver. Something

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-07 Thread Pander
On 07/05/13 02:19 AM, Pander wrote: This is the log file, search for [Ss][Ii][Ss] http://pastebin.com/GMhwZXde It looks like the Xserver tries sis, modesetting, fbdev and vesa and ends up deciding on vesa. In order to see useful information, make sure X doesn't use a generic driver.

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-07 Thread Daniel Martin
On 7 May 2013 14:04, Pander pan...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: The sis671 driver: # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file) ... Section Device Identifier Configured Video Device Driver sis671 Option NoAccel true

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-07 Thread Pander
On 7 May 2013 14:04, Pander pan...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: The sis671 driver: # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file) ... Section Device Identifier Configured Video Device Driver sis671 Option NoAccel true

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-07 Thread Connor Behan
On 07/05/13 06:17 AM, Pander wrote: On 7 May 2013 14:04, Pander pan...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: The sis671 driver: # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file) ... Section Device Identifier Configured Video Device Driver sis671

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-06 Thread Connor Behan
On 06/05/13 10:25 AM, pan...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: Hi all, Since a few months the driver for SiS 671/771 video cards is no longer working in main stream distributions such as Ubuntu. This is affecting many users and I would like to ask the development community of Xorg who would like

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-06 Thread Pander
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/06/2013 10:36 PM, Connor Behan wrote: On 06/05/13 10:25 AM, pan...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: Hi all, Since a few months the driver for SiS 671/771 video cards is no longer working in main stream distributions such as Ubuntu. This is

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-06 Thread Connor Behan
On 06/05/13 04:44 PM, pan...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: My experience with building drivers for Xorg is relatively small. As I recall, this one compiles but crashed Xorg and I don't know exactly what to submit exactly. It is better if the people working on that driver or other Xorg experts

Re: (Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

2013-05-06 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 05/ 6/13 06:22 PM, Connor Behan wrote: Maybe you'll find someone who has a SiS card lying around and say I'll pay you $100 to put that card in your computer, write an xorg.conf file for it, figure out why it won't start and then change 2 or 3 lines to make it start again but it won't be worth