Xf86-video-sis

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This page describes how to get SiS chipset graphical adapters working on Arch Linux:

Contents

packages

You will need main xf86-video-sis package with driver and it's good idea to install sisctrl (gui tool for setting video modes) also:

$ pacman -Qs sis
...
local/sisctrl 0.0.20051202-3
   SiSCtrl is Display Control Panel for XFree86/X.org SiS driver
local/xf86-video-sis 0.10.1-1 (xorg-video-drivers)
   X.org SiS video driver

So you can install those packages easily with pacman:

# pacman -Sy xf86-video-sis sisctrl

lspci

Output of lspci should look like this (depends on present model):

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter

modules & rc.conf

There are couple of modules related to SiS video cards:

$ modprobe -l | grep -i sis
/lib/modules/2.6.28-ARCH/kernel/drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusbvga.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.28-ARCH/kernel/drivers/video/sis/sisfb.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.28-ARCH/kernel/drivers/char/agp/sis-agp.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.28-ARCH/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/sis/sis.ko

You will probably need to load only sisfb (it will probably load the other sis modules as required by your hardware) as first and then the other modules. So the beginning of MODULES array in your /etc/rc.conf should look like this:

MODULES=( sisfb ... )

xorg.conf

Here are few most important sections from /etc/X11/xorg.conf

  1. Load some modules:
Section "Module"
  Load  "dbe"
  Load  "i2c"
  Load  "bitmap"
  Load  "ddc"
  Load  "dri"
  Load  "extmod"
  Load  "freetype"
  Load  "glx"
  Load  "int10"
  Load  "vbe"
EndSection
  1. Device specification:
Section "Device"
  Identifier "Card0"
  Driver "sis"
  Card        "** SiS (generic)     [sis]"
  BusID "PCI:1:0:0"

  Option "UseFBDev" "true"
  Option "EnableSisCtrl" "yes"
  Option "ForceCRT1Type" "LCD"
  Option "ForceCRT2Type" "NONE"
  #Option "CRT2Detection" "true" #For me this worked better than forceing the detection. If you use this comment out the two Force lines above this.
  Option "CRT1Gamma" "on"
  Option "CRT2Gamma" "on"
  Option "Brightness" "0.000 0.000 0.000"
  Option "Contrast" "0.000 0.000 0.000"
  Option "CRT1Saturation" "0"
  Option "XvOnCRT2" "yes"
  Option "XvDefaultContrast" "2"
  Option "XvDefaultBrightness" "10"
  Option "XvDefaultHue" "0"
  Option "XvDefaultSaturation" "0"
  Option "XvDefaultDisableGfxLR" "no"
  Option "XvGamma" "off"
EndSection
  1. Enable Direct Rendering:
Section "DRI"
  Mode         0666
EndSection

Dual head configuration

You need 2 device sections to enable dualhead mode. Sis specific options should be placed into master head device section.

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier   "CRT1"
  ModelName    "PANEL"
  Option       "DPMS"
  VendorName   "LCD"
  HorizSync    31-60
  VertRefresh  40-60
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier   "CRT2"
  ModelName    "tv"
  Option       "DPMS"
  VendorName   "tv"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  DefaultDepth 24
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      24
    Modes      "1024x768".
  EndSubSection
  Device       "Device[0]"
  Identifier   "Screen[0]"
  Monitor      "CRT2"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  DefaultDepth 24
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      24
    Modes      "1024x768".
  EndSubSection
  Device       "Device[1]"
  Identifier   "Screen[1]"
  Monitor      "CRT1"
EndSection

Section "Device"
  BoardName    "630"
  BusID        "PCI:1:0:0"
  Driver       "sis"
  Identifier   "Device[1]"
  Screen       1
  VendorName   "SiS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
  BoardName    "630"
  BusID        "PCI:1:0:0"
  Driver       "sis"
  Identifier   "Device[0]"
  Screen       0
  VendorName   "SiS"
  Option "EnableSisCtrl" "true"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier   "Layout[dual]"
  ...
  Option       "Clone" "off"
  Screen       "Screen[0]"
  Screen       "Screen[1]" RightOf "Screen[0]"
  Option       "Xinerama" "off"
EndSection
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