Getting an XGI Volari Z7 working with xorg?

Electrode · 10-11-2010, 07:08 PM

(yes, I am cross-posting this from the gentoo forums. so sue me)

I've begun putting together a new machine to replace my 7-year-old main rig. So far I've got the motherboard (a Tyan S4985), CPUs, RAM and power supply. The rig is up and running, and seems to perform quite a bit better than the old box as far as compile times are concerned.

Until I can get a decent video card, I am going to use the motherboard's integrated video - an XGI Volari Z7. I have tried a couple of different drivers and haven't yet gotten adequate results.

sis: fails to detect the card

Code:

[ 79888.486] (--) PCI:*(0:1:9:0) 18ca:0020:18ca:0020 rev 0, Mem @ 0xd8000000/67108864, 0xd4140000/262144, I/O @ 0x00002000/128
[ 79888.487] List of video drivers:
[ 79888.487]    sis
[ 79888.487] (II) LoadModule: "sis"
[ 79888.487] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/sis_drv.so
[ 79888.487] (II) Module sis: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 79888.487]    compiled for 1.9.0.901, module version = 0.10.3
[ 79888.487]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 79888.487]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0
[ 79888.487] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for sis
[ 79888.487] No devices to configure.  Configuration failed.

xgi: will not load

Code:

[119456.439] (II) LoadModule: "xgi"
[119456.439] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/xgi_drv.so
[119456.440] (EE) LoadModule: Module xgi does not have a xgiModuleData data object.
[119456.440] (II) UnloadModule: "xgi"
[119456.440] (II) Unloading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/xgi_drv.so
[119456.440] (EE) Failed to load module "xgi" (invalid module, 0)

Someone on the gentoo forums suggested this patch, which doesn't completely fix the problem:

Code:

X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/xgi_drv.so: undefined symbol: LoaderRefSymLists

vesa: works, but only gives a resolution of 800x600, too low to be useful.

lspci -v shows:

Code:

01:09.0 VGA compatible controller: XGI Technology Inc. (eXtreme Graphics Innovation) Z7/Z9 (XG20 core) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: XGI Technology Inc. (eXtreme Graphics Innovation) Z7/Z9 (XG20 core)
        Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel
        BIST result: 00
        Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Memory at d4140000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
        I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]
        Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

Any ideas, or is this all wasted effort?

desmondc · 09-13-2011, 12:51 AM

The thread is old I know, but for anyone else trying to find an answer to this question - like I did:
The SIS driver on xorg 7.6-43.44.1 works fine for this card. I managed to push resolution to 1280x1024 with 32bit color depth.

Code:

VGA compatible controller: XGI Technology Inc. (eXtreme Graphics Innovation) Z7/Z9 (XG20 core)

The XGI driver doesn't work.
I tried the driver shipped with the distro as well as the Sunix driver on http://www.sunix.com.tw/services/dri..._id3=VGA0011#1 but it too failes with

Code:

dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/xgiz_drv.so: undefined symbol: resVgaMemShared

. It seems to be compiled for xorg 7.2 judging from x.so.ver naming convention of the available modules.

The xgixp driver does start, but fails to detect the card, even if I specify bus ID.

Yes, all this might be in vain: The vesa driver can also run at 1280x1024 res, but it changes to a lower res on every reboot. At least the sis driver does not have this quirk... yet.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Electrode

(yes, I am cross-posting this from the gentoo forums. so sue me)

I've begun putting together a new machine to replace my 7-year-old main rig. So far I've got the motherboard (a Tyan S4985), CPUs, RAM and power supply. The rig is up and running, and seems to perform quite a bit better than the old box as far as compile times are concerned.

Until I can get a decent video card, I am going to use the motherboard's integrated video - an XGI Volari Z7. I have tried a couple of different drivers and haven't yet gotten adequate results.

sis: fails to detect the card

Code:

[ 79888.486] (--) PCI:*(0:1:9:0) 18ca:0020:18ca:0020 rev 0, Mem @ 0xd8000000/67108864, 0xd4140000/262144, I/O @ 0x00002000/128
[ 79888.487] List of video drivers:
[ 79888.487]    sis
[ 79888.487] (II) LoadModule: "sis"
[ 79888.487] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/sis_drv.so
[ 79888.487] (II) Module sis: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 79888.487]    compiled for 1.9.0.901, module version = 0.10.3
[ 79888.487]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 79888.487]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0
[ 79888.487] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for sis
[ 79888.487] No devices to configure.  Configuration failed.

xgi: will not load

Code:

[119456.439] (II) LoadModule: "xgi"
[119456.439] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/xgi_drv.so
[119456.440] (EE) LoadModule: Module xgi does not have a xgiModuleData data object.
[119456.440] (II) UnloadModule: "xgi"
[119456.440] (II) Unloading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/xgi_drv.so
[119456.440] (EE) Failed to load module "xgi" (invalid module, 0)

Someone on the gentoo forums suggested this patch, which doesn't completely fix the problem:

Code:

X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/xgi_drv.so: undefined symbol: LoaderRefSymLists

vesa: works, but only gives a resolution of 800x600, too low to be useful.

lspci -v shows:

Code:

01:09.0 VGA compatible controller: XGI Technology Inc. (eXtreme Graphics Innovation) Z7/Z9 (XG20 core) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: XGI Technology Inc. (eXtreme Graphics Innovation) Z7/Z9 (XG20 core)
        Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel
        BIST result: 00
        Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Memory at d4140000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
        I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]
        Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

Any ideas, or is this all wasted effort?