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Solution for Sis video and Ubuntu 16.04 (how to get > 640x480)
If you are one of the people who has an older laptop that uses the sis video chipset you may have ran into the same issue I did. When I initially installed chaletos the best resolution I could get was 1024x768@61hz when it should have been 1280x768@60hz. After I installed all available updates and rebooted the available resolution dropped to 640x480@60hz and ONLY 640x480. The solution after much reading is to place a custom xorg.conf in /etc/X11. I am including it here. This will allow the full 1280x768 resolution you should have. This is verified to work on an acer aspire 3000 series but since many older laptop's used the sis chipset I'm leaving the topic generic.
Copy/paste the following to /etc/X11/xorg.conf on your sis video device. (you can verify what video chipset your device uses by doing a "lspci -k"
Copy/paste the following to /etc/X11/xorg.conf on your sis video device. (you can verify what video chipset your device uses by doing a "lspci -k"
- Code:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
VendorName "Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]"
BoardName "771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter"
Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
Driver "vesa"
Screen 0
Option "UseFBDev" "true"
Option "DPMS"
Option "ShadowFB"
Option "MaxXFBMem"
VideoRam 262016
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "backingstore" "true"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
Vendorname "Generic LCD Display"
Modelname "LCD Panel 1280x800"
HorizSync 20-107
VertRefresh 50-185
modeline "800x600@56" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x768@60" 80.14 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 795 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x720@60" 74.48 1280 1336 1472 1664 720 721 724 746 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x800@60" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 -hsync +vsync
Gamma 1.0
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Defaultdepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1280 768
Modes "1280x768@60" "1280x720@60" "800x600@60" "1280x800@60" "800x600@56"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dri"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # 3D layer
Load "GLcore"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "int10"
Load "vbe"
Load "speedo"
Load "record"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
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