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Old 09-04-2015, 03:32 PM   #1
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Jessie -VGA Silicon Motion, Inc.


Hi guys, need some help

How to install module correct for this vga video?!

I tried all stuff and anything ;/

#lspci
[...]
03:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Motion, Inc. SM712 LynxEM+ (rev b0)
 
Old 09-04-2015, 04:06 PM   #2
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Code:
# apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion
https://packages.debian.org/jessie/x...-siliconmotion
 
Old 09-04-2015, 04:40 PM   #3
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Code:
# apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion : Depends: xorg-video-abi-18
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages
after I try this, but

Code:
# apt-get install xorg-video-abi-18
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package xorg-video-abi-18 is a virtual package provided by:
  xserver-xorg-core 2:1.16.4-1 [Not candidate version]

E: Package 'xorg-video-abi-18' has no installation candidate
 
Old 09-04-2015, 04:56 PM   #4
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Please post the output of:
Code:
# apt-cache policy
 
Old 09-04-2015, 05:04 PM   #5
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Code:
root@solucoes:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# apt-cache policy
Package files:
 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     release a=now
 500 http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates/main Translation-en
 500 http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates/main amd64 Packages
     release o=Debian,a=stable-updates,n=jessie-updates,l=Debian,c=main
     origin ftp.br.debian.org
 500 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/main Translation-en
 500 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/main amd64 Packages
     release v=8,o=Debian,a=stable,n=jessie,l=Debian-Security,c=main
     origin security.debian.org
 500 http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main Translation-en
 500 http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main amd64 Packages
     release v=8.1,o=Debian,a=stable,n=jessie,l=Debian,c=main
     origin ftp.br.debian.org
Pinned packages:
 
Old 09-04-2015, 05:06 PM   #6
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That's fine (false alarm, sorry).

Have you tried:
Code:
# apt-get install xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion
How did you install this system?
 
Old 09-04-2015, 05:37 PM   #7
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lol I`m so unlucky. I rebooted the machine and now froze screen on boot!! I will see i can do.

But I installed USB with interface with all items default and first thing I do is install module of video.

Thanks for help Head_on_a_Stick
 
Old 09-07-2015, 01:36 PM   #8
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back again. I had to format the machine ;/ and i try install again. it says there is already installed package but I can not activate
 
Old 09-07-2015, 04:30 PM   #9
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Sorry, I don't understand.

Please post the output of:
Code:
lspci -knn|grep -iA2 'vga\|3d'
apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion
 
  


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