SIS REAL 256E

[Guest]

Hi there,

I have a SiS Real 256E graphic card and in the monitor&display system settings I can not get any higher resolution than 640*480. I tried to find the drivers for this car from sis.com but I could not find them... Does anyone have any tip for me?

Thanks a million!

[kreggz]

Re: SIS REAL 256E

can you post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file please?

[Guest]

Re: SIS REAL 256E

Hi there kreggz. thank you for answering my cry for help. Here is the xorg.conf file:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "es"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
EndSection


I have installed Kubuntu and Ubuntu. In both of them there are some black and white lines appearing intermitenlty in the screen. In Ubuntu I get to 1024 res and in Kubuntu only 640. The annoying thing is the black lines coming up in the screen. Any idea of how to fix that problem? I can not find the drivers in the sis.com webpage. <--- Useless

[kreggz]

Re: SIS REAL 256E

I suspect you could get away with doing the following:

Create backup of xorg.conf:

open konsole (terminal)
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xcorg.conf.backup

Modify xorg.conf:

open konsole (terminal)
kdesu kate /etc/X11/xorg.conf

In Kate modify the section "Device" X11 to this:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "sis"
EndSection


Save the file and reboot your pc.

[kreggz]

Re: SIS REAL 256E

If your pc fails to boot into X type this:

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup /etc/X11/xorg.conf

reboot

PS: If you have to do this then it didn't work...