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pist0l-fish

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Registered: 2009-06-22

Posts: 2

SiS configuration

Hi all,

I tried to follow http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xf86-video-sis for my SiS card but running `glxgears -info` reveals that Mesa (software-side renderer) is still being used. On the wiki page it says to add sisfb to rc.conf:

MODULES=( sisfb ... )

Upon closer inspection I noticed that the file /etc/rc.d/sisfb does not exist on my machine at all and I guess none of the modules are loading. How do I acquire it?

Thanks in advance

Shapeshifter

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Registered: 2008-03-11

Posts: 230

Re: SiS configuration

You need to put "sis" in your xorg.conf device section instead of vesa.

eldragon

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From: Buenos Aires

Registered: 2008-11-18

Posts: 1,029

Re: SiS configuration

its a kernel module, not a system daemon.

kernel modules dont have rc.d scripts

pist0l-fish

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Registered: 2009-06-22

Posts: 2

Re: SiS configuration

eldragon: ah, I see. My bad. Then it's even more strange it's not working.

Shapeshifter: I followed the wiki page's advice and made /etc/X11/xorg.conf with the following content:

Section "Module"
    Load "dbe"
    Load "i2c"
    Load "bitmap"
    Load "ddc"
    Load "dri"
    Load "extmod"
    Load "freetype"
    Load "glx"
    Load "int10"
    Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "Card0"
    Driver     "sis"
    Card       "** SiS (generic)     [sis]"
    BusID      "PCI:1:0:0"

    Option "UseFBDev" "true"
    Option "EnableSisCtrl" "yes"
    Option "ForceCRT1Type" "LCD"
    Option "ForceCRT2Type" "NONE"
    #Option "CRT2Detection" "true"
    Option "CRT1Gamma" "on"
    Option "CRT2Gamma" "on"
    Option "Brightness" "0.000 0.000 0.000"
    Option "Contrast" "0.000 0.000 0.000"
    Option "CRT1Saturation" "0"
    Option "XvOnCRT2" "yes"
    Option "XvDefaultContrast" "2"
    Option "XvDefaultBrightness" "10"
    Option "XvDefaultHue" "0"
    Option "XvDefaultSaturation" "0"
    Option "XvDefaultDisableGfxLR" "no"
    Option "XvGamma" "off"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
EndSection

I just copied and pasted because I don't really know the xorg.conf standard at all.

Themaister

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From: Trondheim, Norway

Registered: 2008-07-21

Posts: 652

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Re: SiS configuration

Option "UseFBDev" "true"

? Does that use X over the framebuffer or what?

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