drago01 wrote on 2014-09-23 13:48 (GMT+0200): > Felix Miata wrote: >> David Airlie wrote on 2014-09-23 02:55 (GMT-0400): >>> Felix Miata composed >>>> xorg-x11-drv-sis seems to have disappeared. Did that happen on purpose? It >>>> still exists as a selelection in Bugzilla. Xorg is looking for sis module but >>>> cannot find it. Gfxchip here is Z7/Z9 (XG20 core). Is it now supposed to be >>>> using some other (not installed) driver? Before today's upgrade, X still >>>> worked. >>> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2013-October/190696.html >>> That? >> It's a start. Trouble is, the SiS driver isn't just for antiques. Mine is the >> onboard video chip for an LGA775 server motherboard[1]. Before current >> updates, X happily got the driver it wanted. Now looking, xorg-x11-drv-sis is >> not only missing from F21 & F22 repos, it's also missing for the F18, F19 & >> F20 releases, though it still lives in git: >> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-sis/ >> So, what exactly are people needing this driver supposed to do, particularly >> those for whom X worked before last round of updates, [...] > Remove your xorg.conf file. This blocks X autodetection from doing its job. Autodetection is fallible. with no /etc/X11/xorg* the monitor doesn't go into native 1440x900 mode, instead 1024x768 distorting the whole desktop: http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/F/xorg.0.log-g5eas-f22-0xconf-fbdev-1024x0768x096 OTOH, using xorg.conf.d/ and Mageia's sis video driver it works fine, same as before Fedora's sis driver was eradicated: http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/F/xorg.0.log-g5eas-f22-mageiaSiS-1440x0900 -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
