Since X.Org X Server 1.13.0 (and now using 1.13.2), X segfaults when trying to start it while using the SiS video driver. Vesa driver works fine. SiS video driver is version 0.10.7 Finding bug 35763 helped me to find a better workaround than using the Vesa driver: adding Option "NoAccel" "true" to the Section "Device" about SiS in /etc/X11/xorg.conf made the SiS driver usable again. Of course, the best solution would be if someone would fix bug 35763 :)
I've observed this segfault problem as well. The SiS driver seems to be sadly under-maintained for one that is so widely, dare I say 'cheap and cheerfully' installed. The high end, more powerful boards seem to attack the attention. I occasionally see boasts that Linux runs well on old equipment that Windows has bypassed. Now I'm having to maintain some such old equipment I'm not sure its a valid boast. Maybe it only applies to old version of Linux or _some_ version of Linux.
If fixing bug 35763 isn't possible, is it then possible to let the SiS video driver add Option "NoAccel" "true" to the SiS Device section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf ? It would be great if at least that could be done :-D
If you're bold enough, here is my guide how to get back a fully accelerated X server on Fedora 18 by compiling an older version of X.org manually. Also works on CentOS 6.4 (tried myself few days ago). http://www.zavedil.com/accelerated-x-server-for-sis-video-on-fedora-18/ WWell,
@ Assen I'm not that bold ;) Anyway, for Mageia this has been fixed thanks to this ArchLinux patch: https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/0001-Disable-UploadToScreen-and-DownloadFromScreen.patch?h=packages/xf86-video-sis I can nicely watch movies again :-D
(In reply to comment #4) > @ Assen > > I'm not that bold ;) > > Anyway, for Mageia this has been fixed thanks to this ArchLinux patch: > > https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/0001-Disable- > UploadToScreen-and-DownloadFromScreen.patch?h=packages/xf86-video-sis > > I can nicely watch movies again :-D This does not works for some cards. See https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=444442#c3
(In reply to comment #5) > (In reply to comment #4) > > > > https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/0001-Disable- > > UploadToScreen-and-DownloadFromScreen.patch?h=packages/xf86-video-sis > > > > I can nicely watch movies again :-D > > This does not works for some cards. See > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=444442#c3 Sorry to hear that :-( Do you mind listing here with which exact cards the patch works, and with which ones it doesn't SiS 661FX is my card (going by the system's specifications, that is), with which the patch works. Does addin Option "NoAccel" "true" to the SiS Device section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
does adding that option help for the systems where the patch didn't work?
(In reply to comment #7) > does adding that option help for the systems where the patch didn't work? Option "NoAccel" unacceptable at all. Computers with such cards are very old and have uses as X-terminals (LTSP). Performance with the option "NoAccel" so bad that these computers can not be used. Please cooperate with https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15190 - maybe it help solve this problem. Sorry for my English.
> Do you mind listing here with which exact cards the patch works, and with > which ones it doesn't work: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter [1039:6330] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device [105b:0c56] Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10 BIST result: 00 Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Region 1: Memory at ed000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] Region 2: I/O ports at c000 [size=128] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [50] AGP version 3.0 Status: RQ=256 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 64bit- FW- AGP3+ Rate=x4,x8 Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none> dmidecode: BIOS Information Vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD Version: 6.00 PG Release Date: 03/14/2005 does not work: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter [1039:6330] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. SiS Real 256E (ASUS P5S800-VM motherboard) [1043:8113] Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16 BIST result: 00 Region 0: Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Region 1: Memory at e7800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] Region 2: I/O ports at d800 [size=128] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [50] AGP version 3.0 Status: RQ=256 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 64bit- FW- AGP3+ Rate=x4,x8 Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none> dmidecode: BIOS Information Vendor: Award Software, Inc. Version: ASUS P4S800MX ACPI BIOS Revision 1010 Release Date: 09/02/2004
I ran into the same problem with OpenBSD 5.7-beta, starting windowmaker crashed Xenocara. the patch from Ubuntu, that can be found here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-sis/+bug/1066464 and which is also mentioned in bug #35763 works for me. full dmesg of the box below. OpenBSD 5.7-beta (GENERIC) #1: Mon Jan 12 18:40:11 CET 2015 sebastia@dax.ds9:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.60GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.61 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,TM,PBE,NXE,PERF real mem = 467091456 (445MB) avail mem = 447123456 (426MB) mpath0 at root scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 03/20/06, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd600, SMBIOS rev. 2.31 @ 0x1bdfb000 (35 entries) bios0: vendor Acer version "3A22" date 03/20/06 bios0: Acer, inc. Aspire 3630 acpi0 at bios0: rev 0 acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP APIC SSDT acpi0: wakeup devices PCI0(S5) LAN_(S5) MODM(S3) KBC_(S4) USB0(S3) USB1(S3) USB2(S3) USB3(S3) acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 8 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges cpu0: apic clock running at 100MHz ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 1 pa 0xfec00000, version 11, 24 pins acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpiec0 at acpi0 acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3, C2 acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature is 97 degC acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT1 not present acpibtn0 at acpi0: LID_ acpibtn1 at acpi0: PWRB acpibtn2 at acpi0: SLPB bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xc000 0xcc000/0xa000! 0xdc000/0x8000! pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "SiS 661 PCI" rev 0x11 sisagp0 at pchb0 agp0 at sisagp0: aperture at 0xe0000000, size 0x2000000 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "SiS 648FX AGP" rev 0x00 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "SiS 6330 VGA" rev 0x00 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) pcib0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "SiS 85C503 System" rev 0x25 pciide0 at pci0 dev 2 function 5 "SiS 5513 EIDE" rev 0x00: 661: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <SAMSUNG HM160HC> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 152627MB, 312581808 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus1 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <Slimtype, DVDRW SSW-8015S, HRS2> ATAPI 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 4 "SiS 7013 Modem" rev 0xa0 at pci0 dev 2 function 6 not configured auich0 at pci0 dev 2 function 7 "SiS 7012 AC97" rev 0xa0: apic 1 int 18, SiS7012 AC97 ac97: codec id 0x414c4770 (Avance Logic ALC203 rev 0) ac97: codec features headphone, 20 bit DAC, 18 bit ADC, No 3D Stereo audio0 at auich0 ohci0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "SiS 5597/5598 USB" rev 0x0f: apic 1 int 20, version 1.0, legacy support ohci1 at pci0 dev 3 function 1 "SiS 5597/5598 USB" rev 0x0f: apic 1 int 21, version 1.0, legacy support ehci0 at pci0 dev 3 function 3 "SiS 7002 USB" rev 0x00: apic 1 int 23 usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "SiS EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 sis0 at pci0 dev 4 function 0 "SiS 900 10/100BaseTX" rev 0x91: apic 1 int 19, address 00:16:36:55:5f:5a rlphy0 at sis0 phy 13: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 cbb0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 "ENE CB-1410 CardBus" rev 0x01: apic 1 int 19 isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 pms0: Synaptics touchpad, firmware 6.2 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 spkr0 at pcppi0 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 usb1 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 "SiS OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb2 at ohci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 "SiS OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0 cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 2 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0x20 pcmcia0 at cardslot0 rum0 at uhub0 port 4 "Ralink 802.11 bg WLAN" rev 2.00/0.01 addr 2 rum0: MAC/BBP RT2573 (rev 0x2573a), RF RT2528, address 00:22:b0:74:10:57 vscsi0 at root scsibus2 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus3 at softraid0: 256 targets root on wd0a (dbce9aedec082000.a) swap on wd0b dump on wd0b
Patch from Ubuntu also does work for (Acer Travelmate 2310): 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0082 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 7 BIST result: 00 Region 0: Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Region 1: Memory at e2100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] Region 2: I/O ports at 9000 [size=128] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [50] AGP version 3.0 Status: RQ=256 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 64bit- FW- AGP3+ Rate=x4,x8 Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none> 00: 39 10 30 63 03 00 30 02 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 80 10: 08 00 00 e8 00 00 10 e2 01 90 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 25 10 82 00 30: 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 01 00 00
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