Comment 190 for bug 301958

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Manuel Fonte (mfonte-eu) wrote : Re: [Bug 301958] Re: [needs-packaging] no working driver for sis 671/771 video cards

Hi

Solution

http://diversosassuntosbrasil.blogspot.com/

 Tks in the right, SIS 671/672 to many distros

Manuel
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2011/6/17 deetee <email address hidden>

> Thanks Antonio
> There was no xorg.conf in my build, so I used one from your pages.
> As for my architecture, I am now completely confused. As far as I know I am
> on an intel Core Duo and that's 32bit. I installed the 32bit drivers.
>
> But grep lm /proc/cpuinfo gives me lm in the return, which google tells
> me should indicate a 64bit machine. erm?..
>
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> duplicate bug report (657982).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301958
>
> Title:
> [needs-packaging] no working driver for sis 671/771 video cards
>
> Status in X.Org X server:
> Confirmed
> Status in “xserver-xorg-video-sis” package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
> Status in Baltix GNU/Linux:
> New
> Status in “xserver-xorg-video-sis” package in Debian:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> sis 671/771 driver is not available for Ubuntu but there is a working
> driver in the newest Mandriva. The driver in Mandriva is based on
> http://www.linuxconsulting.ro/xorg-drivers/ ( I think) .
>
> Not having the driver makes the installation of Ubuntu a PITA on
> laptops with sis 671/771 based integrated graphics card. Making the
> laptop usable requires playing with xorg.conf and module compilation
> or switching to Vesa 1280x768 mode deformed to fit 1280x800 LCD.
>
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