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Re: How to configure Xorg to use [proprietary] Sis 771 driver on Guix?
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znavko |
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Re: How to configure Xorg to use [proprietary] Sis 771 driver on Guix? |
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Sun, 16 Jun 2019 16:53:02 +0000 |
Thank you, Tobias!
I'll try to use that. As I understand I need to write driver package definition
using Guix Manual #Defining-Packages.
Is there some difficulties with driver packages?
June 16, 2019 4:08 PM, "Tobias Geerinckx-Rice" <address@hidden> wrote:
> Ehlo Znavko,
>
> address@hidden wrote:
>
>> oops, not sure it is intel.
>
> SiS[0] is not Intel. They're a Taiwanese company whose graphics
> division later became the ill-fated XGI for a while.
>
> Takes me back… :-)
>
>> here i've placed driver https://gitgud.io/znavko/sis771
>
> As was to be expected, that's not free software (or even open
> source) (or even source).
>
> You're probably breaking the law by even hosting that link:
> there's no licence to be found anywhere, let alone one allowing
> redistribution.
>
> This is why proprietary software sucks.
>
>> Can anybody write package definition ?
>
> Considering the fact that this is a 10-year-old binary blob for
> use with >10-year old X.org, that it would be illegal to host the
> origin unless you find a licence permitting that (unlikely), and
> that it has 0% chance of ever making it into Guix proper, you're
> very unlikely to find a volunteer to do this for you. And this
> mailing list or any other Guix project channel would not be an
> appropriate place to find them. Sorry.
>
> On a more positive note: have you looked at
>
> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xf86-video-sisimedia
> (or https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xf86-video-sis)?
>
> As you can see by the number of patches at that first link,
> keeping such old hardware working with modern software presents
> plenty of challenges—without adding those of binary blobs :-)
>
> T G-R
>
> [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Integrated_Systems
- Re: How to configure Xorg to use [proprietary] Sis 771 driver on Guix?, (continued)
- Re: How to configure Xorg to use [proprietary] Sis 771 driver on Guix?, znavko, 2019/06/17
- Re: How to configure Xorg to use [proprietary] Sis 771 driver on Guix?, znavko, 2019/06/17
- Re: How to configure Xorg to use [proprietary] Sis 771 driver on Guix?, Mark H Weaver, 2019/06/17
- Re: How to configure Xorg to use [proprietary] Sis 771 driver on Guix?, znavko, 2019/06/17
- Re: How to configure Xorg to use [proprietary] Sis 771 driver on Guix?, znavko, 2019/06/18
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