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Display: 15.4" WXGA Widescreen (1280 x 800) with DiamondBrite Technology
Processor: 1.5GHz, VIA® C7-M Processor
Graphics: VIA Chrome9 HC IGP (64MB shared memory, 128MB maximum)
Installed arch, ratpoison, leafpad, dillo. hwd -- saw this in the wiki
su
hwd -xa
exit
startx --- gives me a working, albeit large resolution xorg, 1024x800
I then tried
pacman -Ss chrome
which gives me 3 choices, unichrome
[root@myhost justin]# pacman -Ss chrome
extra/openchrome 0.2.900-1
Most developed drivers for Via Unichrome/Unichrome Pro under xorg
extra/unichrome-dri 7.0.1-1
DRI drivers for Unichrome-based videochipsets
extra/xf86-video-unichrome 0.2.6-6 (xorg-video-drivers)
Unichrome video drivers for X.Org
[root@myhost justin]#
i installed all of them, tried switching 'vesa' in my xorg to 'openchrome' 'unichrome' 'unichrome-dri' and none work, i get a screens failed error.
then did pacman -Ss via
installed xf86-video-via
changed driver to via, and that gives the same error, if their are log files you would like to see, or even commands: to run to help troubleshoot i will be happy to provide them. Thank you in advance, ratpoison (first time using it) is pretty sweet On a side note, i ran ubuntu on this with evilwm, this exceptionally quicker. Arch Rocks.
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Suggest a search such as ...unichrome xorg.conf... in the forum search for some clues.....
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only thing i really see is
"Here is how you get direct rendering on machines that use Unichrome, with minimal fuss:
1. Use hwd to create a xorg.conf.
2. Edit xorg.conf. If you use xorgcfg to do this, and you specify your video card using the video card index, then you'll have to to further editing manually - you have to remove the "Chipset" line in the Device section or X may complain about your chipset being unsupported, even if that isn't the case. Leave in the Modeline stuff - you'll probably need it.
3. Grab the latest "common" and "via" snapshots from dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots. Unpack first "common", then "via", in the same directory; enter the "dripkg" directory thus created, and run install.sh. X must not be running when you do this.
If the installation works, then X should start normally, glxinfo should say that DRI is enabled, and glxgears should give you something like 680 FPS (with 16-bit color)."
I take that as run hwd, then download those 2 files, unpack, install.sh and then change my driver to via?
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Ok still no luck with this, I dont want to have to put ubuntu back on the laptop because i dont like it, and i only have 512 ram. Yet the driver works and i get the right resolution so i know its possible. I tried adding the testing repo and then upgrading, and downloading the via/openchrome/unichrome chipsets and i still cant get it to work, i can post my xorg.conf.log if that might help
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not trying to reply to myself, but on via's page they show this driver for my chipset
http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?Pa … bCatID=185 (at the bottom)
Would i build this from source, and then change the drive to via? or is it unichrome? And do i need to build the driver for frame buffer? Any help would be appreciated.
Anyone?
Last edited by axion419 (2007-12-28 17:18:14)
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axion419: in all three possible cases, the driver entry in xorg.conf should be "via".
The driver you probably want is xf86-video-via. However, it sometimes contains unrepaired bugs that are fixed in openchrome. Also, older hardware might IIRC have problems that would favor the use of xf86-video-unichrome, although that one was kind of buggy last I checked.
All of the above drivers depend on the unichrome-dri package.
So, again:
1. Edit your xorg.conf so the Driver line says "via" as opposed to "unichrome", "vesa", etc.
2. Install either xf86-video-via, openchrome, or xf86-video-unichrome. xf86-video-via is preferred.
3. Make sure xorg.conf is correct for your other configs and hardware.
4. Start X and run glxinfo to see if you have DRI.
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tried what you said, and still get a no screens error. I can post the xorg.conf log if that helps.
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really, no one else has a via chrome 9? i see one other post and that person couldn't get it to work at all either. any ideas?
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