Howto-Sis 671

Sis671 working on Ubuntu 10.04

THIS WORKS on ubuntu 10.04 explained version
Sis671 Ubuntu forum thread here
Make sure /etc/X11/xorg uses the sis671 driver instaid of vesa!
--!NOTE!--For people having a X5DC/K50 laptop use the driver from here http://tpurch-blog.blogspot.com/2010/05/sis67x-driver-for-ubuntu-1004.html
Use http://ajoliveira.com/ajoliveira/gen/bin/sis_driver_32-bit_10.04.tar.gz for the 32 bit driver and http://ajoliveira.com/ajoliveira/gen/bin/sis_driver_64-bit_10.04.tar.gz for the 64 bit driver,
(take the install files), unzip them
once unzipped copy or move them (I just copied them)

Open up a terminal and go to the path you've unzipped them in.(use the cd command to navigate to directory's) f.e; cd /home/user/Downloads sudo cp sis671_drv.* /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ type in your password and press enter then stop X We need to stop X or we won't be able to auto-generate a xorg.conf.new
sudo service gdm stop ---!NOTE!----you'll have to do next part blindly) Switch to tty1 by pressing Ctrl+Alt+f1 (f2 for tty2, f3 for tty3, etc.. (f7 should be X) Even though you won't be able to read it (yet) you can login type in your username and press enter
type in your password and press enter Now you're logged in you want to become root; type; sudo bash
type in your password Now your root; type in Xorg -configure (this will create a xorg.conf.new in your home directory) and start gdm again with service gdm start Once there; Open up a terminal again; move the auto-generated xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf with
sudo mv xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf and restart gdm by typing; sudo service gdm restart Fix the plymouth and the unreadable tty problem like this Open up a terminal and typ sudo bash
enter your password type; echo blacklist vga16fb > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-vga16fb.conf type; update-initramfs -u and reboot reboot