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On 6/16/20, Timo Aaltonen <[email protected]> wrote: > this driver has been removed from Ubuntu, closing the bugs > > ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-sis (Ubuntu) > Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (164258). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297335 > > Title: > Video on Intel D201GLY2 motherboard broken, can't compile Intel's > fixed SiS662 drivers > > Status in xserver-xorg-video-sis: > Invalid > Status in xserver-xorg-video-sis package in Ubuntu: > Won't Fix > Status in xserver-xorg-video-sis package in Baltix: > New > Status in xserver-xorg-video-sis package in Fedora: > Won't Fix > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-sis > > Ubuntu's drivers for SiS video on the Intel D201GLY2 motherboard have > known issues, namely that there is "Vertical Noise" on the screen. > (It looks like it's displaying an incorrect pixel every time there's a > write to video RAM). It happens on Ubuntu's stock drivers on both > Hardy and Intrepid (haven't tried earlier versions). > > Intel has their driver source code available which fixes the issues, > except while it would compile under Hardy, it won't compile under > Intrepid, apparently due to using a different xorg API. > > I recently tried switching from Hardy to Intrepid. Before, I was able > to use a binary driver which someone built for Hardy. But on > Intrepid, the binary driver has the wrong ABI version, so it won't > work. > > I ended up reverting back to Hardy. > > Is there any work going on at making this motherboard work? I briefly > tried porting the code to the new API, but it was too complicated for > me, considering that I know absolutely nothing about how to write xorg > drivers. > > This problem is still present in Karmic, even a little worse than > ever. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-sis/+bug/297335/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297335 Title: Video on Intel D201GLY2 motherboard broken, can't compile Intel's fixed SiS662 drivers To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-sis/+bug/297335/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
