SiS Graphics setup

[Mark Knecht]

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:13:27 -0800, Rick Stevens
<rstevens at vitalstream.com> wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote:
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >    Back to configuring my son's new machine. It had to stay in the
> > closet this weekend and I only get to work on it during the day this
> > week.
> >
> >    I'm looking for info on what graphics adapter to use. Here's what I
> > see in lspci:
> >
> > [root at Christmas root]# lspci
> > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 741/741GX/M741
> > Host (rev 03)
> > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0003
> > 00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS964 [MuTIOL
> > Media IO] (rev 36)
> > 00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 01)
> > 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> > Sound Controller (rev a0)
> > 00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> > Controller (rev 0f)
> > 00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> > Controller (rev 0f)
> > 00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> > Controller (rev 0f)
> > 00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
> > 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900
> > PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> > 661FX/M661FX/M661MX/741/M741/760/M760 PCI/AGP
> >
> > I don't see any of these in the FC2 display config utility. Any ideas?
> 
> There is a "sis_drv.o" in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers, so I'd guess
> that's the driver to use.  In fact, I quote from http://www.X.org:
> 
> 2.5  Video driver enhancements
> 
>     o SiS driver updates include
> 
>          o output device hotplugging
> 
>          o lots of fixes for 661, 741, 760  <<<<<<<----- HINT!  HINT!
> 
>          o extended interface for SiSCtrl?
> 
>          o extended LCD handling (allow more modes)
> 
>          o HDTV support (480p, 480i, 720p. 1080i; 315/330 series)
> 
>          o Added video blitter Xv adapter (315/330 series)
> 
>          o extended RENDER acceleration
> 
> Does that help?

Yep. Found as much this morning when I ran across a good web site. The
SiS driver is loaded but my 3D performance is pretty bad at about
200FPS.

Thanks,
Mark