Comment 84 for bug 301958

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Stephan202 (sschroev) wrote : Re: [Bug 301958] Re: [needs-packaging] no working driver for sis 671/771 video cards

Hi Adnan,

The full path of xorg.conf is /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
(You can find it yourself using `locate xorg.conf`.)

Good luck,
Stephan

On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 at 00:49:16 -0000, Adnan Khan wrote:
> @pander, Bro.. Please help me how to overcome this problem. I also have
> only 800x600 or 640x480.
>
> when i typed.......
>
>
> adnan@ubuntu:~$ cat xorg.conf
> cat: xorg.conf: No such file or directory
>
>
> it showed cat error that no such file or directory.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Help needed!
>
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> [needs-packaging] no working driver for sis 671/771 video cards
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301958
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> Status in X.Org X server: Confirmed
> Status in ???xserver-xorg-video-sis??? package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> sis 671/771 driver is not available for Ubuntu but there is a working driver in the newest Mandriva. The driver in Mandriva is based on http://www.linuxconsulting.ro/xorg-drivers/ ( I think) .
>
> Not having the driver makes the installation of Ubuntu a PITA on laptops with sis 671/771 based integrated graphics card. Making the laptop usable requires playing with xorg.conf and module compilation or switching to Vesa 1280x768 mode deformed to fit 1280x800 LCD.
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