[ubuntu-in] Gutsy 64 bit troubles.

[Prateek Sharma]

I guess these are the relevant parts of my xorg.xconf.
So far, i have not had any graphics related problems - have tried
ubuntu, suse, knoppix.

---
Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or
662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter"
	Boardname	"SiS Real256E"
	Busid		"PCI:1:0:0"
	Driver		"sis"
	Screen	0
	Vendorname	"SiS"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or
662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter"
	Monitor		"Generic Monitor"
	Defaultdepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth	24
		Virtual	1400	1050
		Modes		"1280x800 at 60"
	EndSubSection
EndSection


Section "Module"
	Load		"glx"
	Load		"GLcore"
	Load		"v4l"
EndSection
Section "device" #
	Identifier	"device1"
	Boardname	"SiS Real256E"
	Busid		"PCI:1:0:0"
	Driver		"sis"
	Screen	1
	Vendorname	"SiS"
EndSection
Section "screen" #
	Identifier	"screen1"
	Device		"device1"
	Defaultdepth	24
	Monitor		"monitor1"
EndSection
Section "monitor" #
	Identifier	"monitor1"
	Gamma	1.0
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

On 11/26/07, nan budh <nanbudh at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
>
> Prateek Sharma <prateek3.14 at gmail.com> wrote: On Nov 25, 2007 8:27 PM, nan
> budh  wrote:
> > In my further attempt to fix Graphics corruption plus freezeups (both may
> be
> > unrelated problems for all i know) on my Gutsy installation i just visited
> > the #linux channel at irc and the guys over there helped me out for over
> an
> > hour(i am indebted to them for this) and i learnt a lot today.
> >
> > I modified the  xorg.conf file changing "SiS" entry in Device>Driver to
> > "svga" and then to "vesa". And it did not work.
> > it did not find the svga module while vesa did run but there were four
> > columns with unreadable resolution on the Gnome login screen.
> >
> > I was wondering how can it be possible that there is no generic driver for
> > my integrated graphics card? there has to be some solution, no?
> > Any input appreciated.
> >
> > My machine: AMD Athlon 64, ASUS K8S-MX motherboard with SiS 760GX / 965L
> > Chipset.  Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or
> 662/761Gx
> > PCIE VGA Display Adapter. Samsung 80 GB SATA  HDD and LG 700E Monitor.
> >
> > regards
> > nanbudh
> >
>
> I think i have a similar configuration. No asus motherboard though. It
> works OK for me - except theres no hardware acceleration, ofcourse.
> should i try vga instead of svga in xorg.conf?
>
>
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