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JSM

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Registered: 2021-04-23

Posts: 81

SIS771/671 drivers, Bangho Mov / Clevo M540SS

Hi

I have just installed Q4OS on a rather old notebook "Bangho Mov / Clevo M540SS" (about 12 years old). Everything is magnificent, except the screen is not. The image is slightly distorted, wider than it should be. For example, a circle is an oval, slightly wider than high.

To solve the problem, I had to install old SIS drivers and make sure that my LCD display is set correctly.

Here my whole procedure:

1. Install SIS Driver using this method (xorg 1.20, or change value in script)

https://gist.github.com/fevangelou/46a2 … 52f18eac73

2. reboot

3. Check the result with:

xdpyinfo | grep -e dimensions -e resolution

4. Determine LCD size. Either measure directly or look up a list on the Internet. Here is one in German:

https://www.bardzki.com/magic/standardgroessen

5. Check whether the dimension (including millimeters) corresponds to your LCD display and whether you have a DPI higher than 96. If it is not so, put "DisplaySize" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf , set it to the correct value and reboot.

My xorg.conf for a 14.1' LCD display with 16:10 ratio:

Section "Device"
    Identifier         "Configured Video Device"
    Driver             "sis671"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier         "Configured Monitor"
    DisplaySize        305 189    # In millimeters
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier         "Default Screen"
    Monitor            "Configured Monitor"
    Device             "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

6. Check again the result with:

xdpyinfo | grep -e dimensions -e resolution

My result:

q4os@q4os-desktop:~$ xdpyinfo | grep -e dimensions -e resolution
  dimensions:    1440x900 pixels (307x191 millimeters)
  resolution:    119x120 dots per inch
q4os@q4os-desktop:~$

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Some helpful links with instructions on xorg and other possibilities of SIS drivers to download:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/xorg#Monitor_settings
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90842

https://info.wsouza.com.br/2015/01/novi … buntu.html
http://w3.sis.com/download/

Take care with the offered xorg.conf files! Most of them contain a lot of code and a lot of it is unnecessary.

Last edited by JSM (2022-05-11 16:18)

ydek

Member

From: Brasil

Registered: 2018-06-11

Posts: 42

Re: SIS771/671 drivers, Bangho Mov / Clevo M540SS

Hi JSM.

Congratulations on finding solution for your Notebook with Chipset SiS 771 671.

ydek

Member

From: Brasil

Registered: 2018-06-11

Posts: 42

Re: SIS771/671 drivers, Bangho Mov / Clevo M540SS

I'm trying to find a solution for Chipset SiS 661/741/760 with Q4OS 3 Trinity Centaurus.
Here is a link to the topic I created on the Q4OS Forums.
https://www.q4os.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3847

Last edited by ydek (2022-09-12 19:37)