Monday, September 24, 2012

How to Install VGA Driver SiS in Ubuntu


Have you ever run into problems when the computer or laptop after install ubuntu screen resolution can not be changed? the default resolution (800x600 Px) This issue is related to the title of this post. Here's How To Install a VGA Driver Sis in Ubuntu:

1. Enter the following command:


$ sudo apt-get install git xorg-dev libdrm-dev libtool mesa-common-dev



2. Enter the following commands one by one:


$ git clone git://github.com/hellnest/xf86-video-sismedia-0.9.1.git
$ cd xf86-video-sismedia-0.9.1
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr
$ make
$ sudo make install



Any orders previously entered when the command finishes. Remember each command ends with enter.

3. After all is done, please restart your computer or laptop. If there is no change, you try setting your screen resolution back.

If successful, your screen will be able to change the resolution.

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4 comments:

Unknown said...

Habno thank you very much for proper tutorial you did this and that with this tutorial I solved the problem. Thank you again!

rewcrell said...

i have some error there, why?

clude necessary PCI IDs locally rather than relying on this file from xorg-server."
^
In file included from sis.h:213:0,
from init301.h:60,
from init301.c:76:
vgatypes.h:88:1: warning: 'IOADDRESS' is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
typedef IOADDRESS SISIOADDRESS;
^
In file included from sis.h:214:0,
from init301.h:60,
from init301.c:76:
vstruct.h:244:2: warning: 'PCITAG' is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
PCITAG PciTag;
^
In file included from init301.h:60:0,
from init301.c:76:
sis.h:247:17: fatal error: xaa.h: No such file or directory
#include "xaa.h"

augusto said...

When installing I got the following error:

make[2]: ** [sis_driver.lo] Erro 1
make[2]: exiting from diretory `/home/augusto/xf86-video-sismedia-0.9.1/src'
make[1]: ** [all-recursive] Erro 1
make[1]: exiting from diretory `/home/augusto/xf86-video-sismedia-0.9.1'
make: ** [all] Erro 2

What should I do to solve this?
Grateful.

Unknown said...

Your post really cool and interesting. Thanks very much.

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