Hello Pedro, I solved the problem long ago by manually adding "sisfb" at the end of the file /etc/modules, found this hint googling around, don't remember where.
I never tested if the new releases work without this trick. Thanks for everything you are doing for the community Ciao, Ernesto On Thu, 19 May 2011, Pedro Villavicencio wrote: > Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or > feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an > issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May > you please test with that version and comment back if you're still > having or not the issue? Please have a look at > http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that > version.Thanks in advance. > > ** Changed in: gst0.10-python (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/517805 > > Title: > Ubuntu 9.10 on ACER Aspire 3000 does not detect display > > Status in “gst0.10-python” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Installed Ubuntu 9.10 on an old Acer Aspire 3000 which was agonizing > under windows XP. All works fines except for the display which shows > lousy colours. Doing "system->preferences->display" i get a "unkown" > display, "detect monitors" does not help. Below are extra- > information. Many thanks for your attention > > ---- output from "lsb_release -rd" > Description: Ubuntu 9.10 > Release: 9.10 > > ----- output from lspci > > lspci > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 760/M760 Host (rev 03) > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SG86C202 > 00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL Media > IO] (rev 25) > 00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus Controller > 00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] > 00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller (rev > a0) > 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 > Sound Controller (rev a0) > 00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller > (rev 0f) > 00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller > (rev 0f) > 00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller > 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI > Fast Ethernet (rev 91) > 00:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller > 00:0b.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] > 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) > 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > HyperTransport Technology Configuration > 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > Address Map > 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM > Controller > 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > Miscellaneous Control > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] > 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: i386 > CheckboxCommand: gst_pipeline_test -t 2 'videotestsrc ! ffmpegcolorspace ! > gconfvideosink' > CheckboxDescription: > Click the Test button to display a video test. > > Do you see color bars and static? > CheckboxTest: video > Date: Fri Feb 5 22:35:24 2010 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) > Package: python-gst0.10 0.10.17-1 > ProcEnviron: > SHELL=/bin/bash > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic > SourcePackage: gst0.10-python > Tags: checkbox-bug > Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686 > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst0.10-python/+bug/517805/+subscribe > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/517805 Title: Ubuntu 9.10 on ACER Aspire 3000 does not detect display -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
