From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: znavko@disroot.org
Subject: Re: How to configure Xorg to use [proprietary] Sis 771 driver on Guix?
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 17:18:15 +0000
Message-ID: <c8d2aaa0f81e294cdbc3f54ba7d72e20@disroot.org>
References: <87ef3s9qu2.fsf@netris.org>
 <f5780436a002ee5be3a9159179b6f2ba@disroot.org>
 <e5276d4ea75eccbf3fed1f3516c48d2f@disroot.org> <87d0jdwmbm.fsf@nckx>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Return-path: <help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:40857)
 by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2)
 (envelope-from <znavko@disroot.org>) id 1hcvGx-0005ru-FM
 for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:18:27 -0400
Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71)
 (envelope-from <znavko@disroot.org>) id 1hcvGv-0007Wu-ES
 for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:18:23 -0400
Received: from knopi.disroot.org ([178.21.23.139]:55388)
 by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32)
 (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <znavko@disroot.org>) id 1hcvGu-0007Ri-9K
 for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:18:20 -0400
In-Reply-To: <87ef3s9qu2.fsf@netris.org>
List-Id: <help-guix.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/options/help-guix>,
 <mailto:help-guix-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix>
List-Post: <mailto:help-guix@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:help-guix-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-guix>,
 <mailto:help-guix-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Sender: "Help-Guix" <help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org

Mark, let's start. As I've read in links Tobias offered Sis 771/671 is no=
t mentioned there,  but many other versions are presented. Is it reason?=
=0A=0AIf you say what exactly to type in my config [1] I'll do it.=0A=0A[=
1] http://termbin.com/ni3a=0A=0AJune 17, 2019 4:04 PM, "Mark H Weaver" <m=
hw@netris.org> wrote:=0A=0A> Hello,=0A> =0A> Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@to=
bias.gr> writes:=0A> =0A>> On a more positive note: have you looked at=0A=
>> =0A>> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xf86-video-sisimedia=0A>> (or=
 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xf86-video-sis)?=0A> =0A> Guix alread=
y has 'xf86-video-sis', and it's already included in=0A> %default-xorg-mo=
dules in (gnu services xorg). So, now we just need to=0A> find out why it=
's not working. Maybe one of the other video modules=0A> guesses that it =
can support the hardware, but it actually fails? In=0A> that case, it mig=
ht help to move 'xf86-video-sis' higher up in the list=0A> of modules to =
try.=0A> =0A> Regards,=0A> Mark