Apire 5000 yellow screen cast after fresh install of 8.10 64 bit

[warrenalmonte]

I have bad problems video problems with ubuntu 8.10 64 bit after a fresh install. This is a dual boot pc with windows and the same video problems are not showing their. This laptop has installed 5.04 to 8.04 without the same problem.

I have attach the following screen shots with the problem.

This was also the case after 8.04 to 8.10 32 bit distribution upgrade.

This problem goes away after dual booting into windows xp home. So problem is with the sis driver ?

[warrenalmonte (warrenalmonte)]

I can also comment after looking at my png files from another system. that it is the monitor only. This issue doe not show up with a dual boot with windows xp. I will try 32 bit version

[Magnus S (magnuss)]

Thanks for reporting this bug, however we need more information.

Please attach your complete /var/log/Xorg.0.log to this report.

Also post the output from the following commands:
* lshw -C display
* uname -a

Thanks in advance.
//magnus

[warrenalmonte (warrenalmonte)]

here is my log Magnus... and yes yellow cast it came back after reinstalling ubuntu. (this is before a dist-upgrade and update in apt)

warren@warren-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C display
[sudo] password for warren:
  *-display UNCLAIMED
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter
       vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: 00
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm agp agp-3.0 cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
warren@warren-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux warren-laptop 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Fri Oct 24 06:40:41 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[Magnus S (magnuss)]

Hi warrenalmonte,
looks like you forgot to attach the file:p Don't worry, i was going to ask you for more files anyway.

So, please find and attach:
* /var/log/Xorg.0.log
* /etc/X11/xorg.conf
* ~/.xsession-errors (if you have one. look in your home directory)

Could you test with another monitor, and see if the problem remains? Because if it does, the bug is probably in the driver only and the monitor is not involved.

Thanks again.
//magnus

[Magnus S (magnuss)]

Hi,
just found your last reply in my junk-box. This answer-to-launchpad-bugs-by-mail feature doesn't always work, especially when attaching more than one file at once, so your last reply didn't reach your bug report...

Perhaps you could attach your photos again?

So this only happens with the laptop screen? This should probably mean there is a bug in the combination of video card and monitor, or in monitor detection, i think.

//magnus

[warrenalmonte (warrenalmonte)]

Yes this only happen with the laptop screen. External monitor is fine.

----- Original Message -----
From: Magnus S <email address hidden>
Date: Monday, December 1, 2008 1:41 pm
Subject: [Bug 296276] Re: Apire 5000 yellow screen cast after fresh install of 8.10 64 bit
To: <email address hidden>

> Hi,
> just found your last reply in my junk-box. This answer-to-
> launchpad-bugs-by-mail feature doesn't always work, especially
> when attaching more than one file at once, so your last reply
> didn't reach your bug report...
>
> Perhaps you could attach your photos again?
>
> So this only happens with the laptop screen? This should
> probably mean
> there is a bug in the combination of video card and monitor, or in
> monitor detection, i think.
>
> //magnus
>
> --
> Apire 5000 yellow screen cast after fresh install of 8.10 64 bit
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296276
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[daishi (atheism)]

I too own an Aspire 5003 and am experiencing the same problem; it appears to get worse over time. Anyway a temporary fix is to change the Device section of xorg.conf as so:
Section "Device"
        Identifier "Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) SiS Default Card"
# Driver "sis"
        Driver "vesa"
        BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
The vesa driver however leaves you in 800x600. I hope a solution to this problem is found soon and will update if I find anything. Note: This also puts my screen at a weird 61Hz though there does not appear to be a problem with that on my screen at least. Problem is definitely in the sis driver.

[warrenalmonte (warrenalmonte)]

Thank you Daishi for the update.

Magnus version 8.04 works fine no driver problems with this version.

This screen problem is also on linux mint latest build.

I will stick with 8.04 until their is a resolution thanks

[john habermann (john-haberman)]

I have the same problem after an upgrade to Ubuntu 8.10 on a Acer Aspire 3000. Here is the result of lshw:

$ sudo lshw -C display
  *-display UNCLAIMED
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter
       vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: 00
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm agp agp-3.0 cap_list
       configuration: latency=0

$ uname -a
Linux john-laptop 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

I have also attached the Xorg.conf and other log files warren was asked for in case they help.

[john habermann (john-haberman)]

my xorg.conf

[john habermann (john-haberman)]

my .xsessions-errors

[exit09 (j-kesler)]

I have a similar situation--SIS VGA, Ubuntu 8.10 32bit.

Some interesting lines from /var/log/Xorg.0.log:

(II) SIS(0): SiS driver (2005/09/20-1, compiled for X.org 1.5.0.0)
(II) SIS(0): Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Thomas Winischhofer <email address hidden> and others
(II) SIS(0): *** See http://www.winischhofer.at/linuxsisvga.shtml

Is this an old driver? 2005 seems like it was a while ago. Just a thought. Does anyone have a Xorg.0.log file from 8.04, which seems to like the sis driver.

[warrenalmonte (warrenalmonte)]

Installed Ubuntu 9.04 and got the same issue. Screen cast problem. I will post x.org in a few days.

[warrenalmonte (warrenalmonte)]

I have found a solution to this problem

post found here : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=961964 (To give credit to forum member "graham-cracker"

After some web searching and with the help of:
sudo lspci -v

It looks like sisfb (a required module for my graphics card) is not being loaded on startup.

A temporary fix was to:
Switch to a different terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F2)
Log in
Insert the sisfb module (sudo modprobe sisfb)
Switch back to X (Ctrl-Alt-F7)
Restart X (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace)

This appears to fix the problem (until you restart). If this works for you, than add sisfb to your /etc/modeules file so that it is inserted on boot like so:
Open a terminal
type: sudo nano /etc/modules
Add the following line to the end of the file:
sisfb
Save and exit (Ctrl-X)
Restart and see if it works.

[warrenalmonte (warrenalmonte)]

This bug affects Lucid Lynx beta. Fix I posted on 2009-07-14 still applies. Adding the sisfb module to modules file fixes issue.
So when a clean install happens the sis vga card is not being detected on the aspire 5000 screen is not configure properly.

[warrenalmonte (warrenalmonte)]

Also visible screen video tearing on the corners of the desktop.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

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Hi warrenalmonte,

This bug was reported against an earlier version of Ubuntu, can you
test if it still occurs on Lucid?

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[warrenalmonte (warrenalmonte)]

installed Lucid and sis driver is working on first install! Yellow Cast problem is no longer an issue. Problem has been fixed in this release.