SIS Driver & X.Org

nevelis · 02-13-2006, 02:42 PM

Heya,

Installed Ubuntu on Dell Inspiron 1000 (running Ubuntu 6.04), upgraded from 5.10. Had trouble with SIS driver for X.Org with both releases, and I can't get hardware accelleration going. Any ideas? Here's the driver section out of /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Code:

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter"
        Driver          "sis"
        BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Cheers,
Aaron

RedShirt · 02-13-2006, 02:48 PM

And in "lsmod" and "lspci"?

nevelis · 02-13-2006, 02:54 PM

lspci shows VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter, and:

Code:

allison@chibi:/usr/src/linux$ lsmod | grep sis
i2c_sis96x              5860  0
sis900                 25152  0
i2c_core               22848  2 i2c_acpi_ec,i2c_sis96x
mii                     6176  1 sis900
sis_agp                 9028  0
agpgart                36784  1 sis_agp
sis5513                17320  1

nevelis · 02-20-2006, 02:16 PM

Ok never mind, it seems DRI don't, and won't ever support hardware accelleration for the SIS 650 chipset, amongst others. Lame. Maybe if we bitch enough at them?

But i'm not too sure many people would own one of the first Inspiron's anymore and would be running Linux.

Aaron

Electro · 02-20-2006, 02:38 PM

Go to http://www.winischhofer.net/sisdri.shtml. It may help you get 3D support.

Next time be a little pickier what graphics chipset you get for notebook. nVidia and ATI work in Linux. ATI is getting better with their installation process for Linux.

nevelis · 02-21-2006, 02:59 PM

Thanks, I'll look into it.

I'm running a desktop with Ubuntu 6.04, and driver installation is easy as pie. But the laptop was free, and I suppose no 3D accelleration means no gaming, so I might get something done!!

Cheers,
Aaron

nevelis · 02-21-2006, 03:02 PM

Whoops... I already came across that site!

Quote:

There is no DRI support for the SiS 315/550/650/651/740/661/741/760/330.

Bugger.

RedShirt · 02-21-2006, 04:11 PM

You could always get a graphics card. anywhere from 30 to 700 bucks. But 30 isn't a huge investment, and will increase system performance and lifespan. onboard eats your processor and ram, getting offboard saves both, letting them do what they are meant to do.

nevelis · 02-21-2006, 04:14 PM

... for a laptop?

RedShirt · 02-21-2006, 04:20 PM

Yes actually. You would check with the manufacturer and costs go up I am sure, but realistically most allow putting in another, though the install charge is usually 90 bucks, and then hardware costs. I forgot to mention that above.

Electro · 02-22-2006, 06:27 PM

Upgrading the graphics controller in notebooks can only be done with more recently notebooks that have PCIe (PCI Express). There is no way to upgrade the notebook's graphic controller if it is two years old or even one years old. The only items a notebook user can upgrade are memory, optical drives, and hard drive.

nevelis · 02-23-2006, 08:48 AM

Yes, no, completely not worth it for a Dell Inspiron 1000! I'm just using it for dev work anyway, and it's a Celeron (Woohoo) so I don't think I'll be playing many hard core 3D games on it anyway. I'll have to leave the penguin sliding to my desktop.

Thanks for your advice guys
Aaron