Laptop with an old SiS 771/671 PCIE VGA graphics card - I am stuck in very low res
  • SpringnutsSpringnuts
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    Good evening all,

    I would be grateful for an "idiot's guide" to getting this card, built into a Fujitsu-Siemens Esprimo V5535 laptop, to work well for me.  LXLE installed well, and in fact the live session displays well, 1024x768 (as does Windows 7 [it is dual boot], using SiS drivers).  However installed  LXLE runs at a miserable 640x480.

    Under the live session I ran some terminal queries and please see the two screenshots I will post separately for results.

    Ideally whatever the live session does is what I would like to do in the installed version!

    With thanks in advance for any help anyone is able to offer,

    Simon


  • SpringnutsSpringnuts
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    Images are here: 


  • lxlelxle
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    you can check the driver manager first... if nothing there then try this solution at the bottom of the page before attempting anything to drastic.

    https://askubuntu.com/a/1191099/996893
    Thanked by 1Springnuts
  • SpringnutsSpringnuts
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    Thank you very much I will try the solution on https://askubuntu.com/a/1191099/996893 and let you know how I get on.

  • SpringnutsSpringnuts
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    Thank you again.  Sadly that did not work.

    Apologies for utter newbie-ness, however could you please let me know the command to check the driver manager?  Also, how to scroll through the terminal output. 

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    xrandr now gives:

    failed to get size of gamma for output default
    screen 0 minimum 640x480, current 640x480 , maximum 640x480
    default connected 640x480+0+0 0mm x 0mm
    640x480 73.0*

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    glxinfo is identical to that in the screenshot above.

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    Any further ideas please? 




  • lxlelxle
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    driver manager is under the control menu and hardware
  • SpringnutsSpringnuts
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    Thank you ... I appreciate the help.

    Driver Manager reports "No proprietary drivers are in use".

    While there I looked at Display Settings: this shows "the following monitor is detected: Default Monitor.  Resolution 640x480.  Refresh rate 73.0."  I changed this to the only other options: "Resolution Auto.  Refresh rate Auto" and rebooted., however the settings have returned to "Resolution 640x480.  Refresh rate 73.0."

    From the screens above, in the live session it is running at a refresh rate of 61.0 when at 1024x768 resolution.

    PS:  One other wrinkle: the update of lunux-tools-generic is being held back.  From other stuff I have read this is not a huge issue I believe?


  • lxlelxle
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    you could give this solution a try....

    https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2167879&p=12992940#post12992940

    Note it there is no text file there named xorg.conf then just create one
  • Manu65Manu65
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    Hi. It works for me on my Asus K50C with Lubuntu 1804, give a try:
    https://www.puolanka.org/goto/how-to-use-vesa-graphic-driver/
    Thanked by 1lxle
  • SpringnutsSpringnuts
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    Good morning and thank you both for these suggestions.  I am away for a couple of days, and I will then have a go at them - please 'wait out', and thank you again.
  • SpringnutsSpringnuts
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    Many thanks - sorted :) 

    And this worked perfectly.

    Thank you all for your help.  Regards,  Simon = Springnuts

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