Comment # 14 on bug 952781 from Max Staudt

(In reply to Stefan Dirsch from comment #11)
> Max, since Felix has a XGI graphics card card (Volari Z7/Z9), he really
> needs the xgi instead of the sis driver. I was able to build the
> xf86-video-xgi driver
> from git master on openSUSE Leap 42.2, so chances aren, that it even loads
> with the current Xserver. 
> 
> I wouldn't recommend using any native kernel framebuffer. They are ancient
> and poorly tested - if tested at all since years.
> 
> I doubt that Felix's machine has already UEFI so UMS driver should still
> work. Dislaymanagers still starting Xserver as root are also still available.

Yes, it will still work for now. But the hardware and driver is aging and
falling out of favor with the upstream developers who really know its intimate
details and can fix it.

In any case, there are now many things to try, but as xgifb never made it out
of the staging tree, and as the sis drivers apparently aren't primarily meant
for the XGI cards, this is really something for upstream developers to fix.


Felix, in case this is still problematic, please report a bug at kernel.org or
freedesktop.org - depending on whether your problem is with any *fb kernel
driver, or with xf86-video-* .