New Solution For SiS VGA

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Posted on 23rd November 2009 by biohazards in Driver |Hardware |Operation System

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Maybe you still remember about my recent post about SiS VGA card that doenst support 3D at Linux. Now, i’ve got a new solution for this problem. Actually, it’s not my idea. I try this after had a little discussion with Mr. Onno W. Purbo. Yeah, the most famous linux expert in Indonesia.

He told me, there is a very simple solution for SiS VGA. You just have to find a xorg.conf file from any SiS VGA that works in Linux, and then copy it into your X11 directory… (more…)

Installing *.tar.gz, *.tar.bz, *.tar.bz2 Extension

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Posted on 8th May 2009 by biohazards in Application/Software |Driver |Operation System

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In many Linux forum that I joined in to, many people asking about how to installing any Linux software, application or driver with extension “*.tar.gz, *.tar.bz, *.tar.bz2″. And I think, I have to write about this.

Actually, it’s a very simple. Because when we have some files with this extension, we can search  about the tutorial at  “google”. But, for more  explanation, here we go :

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Installing SiS VGA on BYON M31W/S for openSuSE

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Posted on 6th May 2009 by biohazards in Driver |Operation System

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suse-logoSekarang ini, sudah begitu banyak orang yang mulai tertarik untuk menggunakan sistem operasi Linux. Buat saya, distro Linux yang paling menarik adalah openSuSE. Kenapa? Karena keunggulannya dalam sistem jaringan pastinya.

Tapi, memang dasarnya SiS itu tidak bisa melihat keinginan pasar, seharusnya ia bisa melihat betapa banyaknya pengguna SiS yang kecewa karena ia tidak menyediakan driver khusus buat Linux. Untung saja, para programer pecinta Linux sekarang ini bisa memberikan solusi akan hal ini. Defaultnya, pada openSuSE VGA SiS 671/771 langsung dikenal dengan “AUO LCD MONITOR”. Tapi tetap saja, kita tidak nyaman karena tampilannya yang lumayan besar (resolusinya 1024×768). Jadi harus diganti dulu jadi WXGA yang resolusinya 1280×768.

Lalu, apakah itu sudah cukup memuaskan kita? Pasti belum, pasalnya refresh rate bawaan AUO tersebut masih rendah banget. Nah, sekarang saya mencoba menginstall driver SiS tersebut. Begini caranya :

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