(Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

[Connor Behan]

On 10/05/13 01:23 AM, Pander wrote:
> On 05/07/2013 09:24 PM, Connor Behan wrote:
>> On 07/05/13 06:17 AM, Pander wrote:
>>>> On 7 May 2013 14:04, Pander <pander at users.sourceforge.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The sis671 driver:
>>>>> # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration
>>>>> file)
>>>> ...
>>>>> Section "Device" Identifier      "Configured Video Device" 
>>>>> Driver          "sis671" Option          "NoAccel"
>>>>> "true" EndSection
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> doesn't seem to be a proper module:
>>>>> http://pastebin.com/fwXeTCq1
>>>> ... [ 12247.125] (II) LoadModule: "sis671" [ 12247.125] (II)
>>>> Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/sis671_drv.so [
>>>> 12247.125] (EE) LoadModule: Module sis671 does not have a 
>>>> sis671ModuleData data object. [ 12247.125] (II) UnloadModule:
>>>> "sis671" [ 12247.125] (II) Unloading sis671 [ 12247.125] (EE)
>>>> Failed to load module "sis671" (invalid module, 0) ...
>>> It used to be a properly working module. See 
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/301958/comments/202 on
>>> support for XAA acceleration needed for this driver.
>> SiS drivers support EXA and will probably use that by default when
>> you start one of the newer Xservers that lacks XAA. This could
>> easily crash if the SiS EXA hooks haven't been updated in awhile so
>> that's why I suggested "NoAccel" to help diagnose the problem.
>>>> Then it tries the other sis driver: ... [ 12247.125] (II)
>>>> LoadModule: "sis" [ 12247.125] (II) Loading
>>>> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/sis_drv.so ... This one looks
>>>> like it doesn't support your card. (No 671 listed in within the
>>>> supported chipsets.)
>>>>
>>>>> from and 
>>>>> http://ajoliveira.com/ajoliveira/gen/bin/sis_driver_64-bit_12.04.tar.gz
>>>>>
>>>>>
> on
>>>>> Ubuntu 13.04
>>>> (Haven't had time to look into this.)
>> I can only find binary blob drivers on that site. A search for 
>> xf86-video-sis671 source turned up 
>> https://gitorious.org/xf86-video-sis671 so try compiling that. A
>> comment by an Arch user mentioned something about it working in
>> 2013 but the module was renamed to sisimedia.
>>
> Thanks. Here is the latest version that works with NoAccel:
>   https://gitorious.org/xf86-video-sis671/sis-671-fix
>
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
> 	Driver		"sisimedia"
> 	Option		"NoAccel"	"true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier	"Configured Monitor"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier	"Default Screen"
> 	Monitor		"Configured Monitor"
> 	Device		"Configured Video Device"
> 	DefaultDepth 	24
> EndSection
>
> The log file is here:
>   http://pastebin.com/nSpWUB7S
>
> When acceleration is enabled it freezes the system completely. Usually
> with the left side of the screen purple (Ubuntu) and the right side of
> the screen in many different colors (memdump?). That logfile is here:
>   http://pastebin.com/HKBcCySP
>
> At least I can use my laptop again at maximum resolution. However, the
> acceleration support that was working should be fixed. Who is can help
> out?
It looks like the SiS driver never did compositing which is what the
majority of EXA problems are about. It must be the UTS / DFS hooks. Here
is a patch to remove them http://pastebin.com/74NqqmN2 which is fine
because they do the same thing that a software fallback would do.
>
> At the same time, can this driver get included with Xorg so it will
> work out of the box with the next release?

If you mean included with an Xorg katamari, there is probably no point.
Most distros package individual components. As for why some drivers like
these need to be downloaded from unofficial git repos while other
drivers that are equally old have official git repos on freedesktop.org?
I don't know why that is.

Oh and one more thing. The Arch user of this recommends Option
"UseTiming1366" "true".

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