llvmpipe is the expected 3D driver. There is no 3D hardware acceleration for SiS GPU's on Linux (and there probably never will be unless someone wants to reverse engineer it).
As for resolution issues, see if forcing vesa driver helps (you may be falling back on fbdev driver). https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /xserver-xorg-video-sis/+bug/1066464/comments/39 ** Summary changed: - SIS 761GX llvmpipe & Resolution Issues + SIS 761GX Resolution Issues ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-sis (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-sis in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1318092 Title: SIS 761GX Resolution Issues To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-sis/+bug/1318092/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp