<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Installing the Arch package for the "old" driver 0.2.906 fails because it expects an older version of X. So I downloaded the source to compile it myself. Alas. There is a file 'via_accel.c' that expects xaalocal.h, but that file is not there in the X development files. I figure this has to do with dropping XAA? Any clue as to how to work around this error? Thanks, Willem On 11/17/2012 11:13 PM, Willem van Asperen wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:50A80C23.7090202@van.asperen.org" type="cite"> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">I have now git cloned from git://anongit.freedesktop.org/openchrome/xf86-video-openchrome and compiled / installed. This version still does not see my TV being connected: <code>...</code><code> </code><code>[ 3808.281] (II) CHROME(0): Output VGA-1 using monitor section Monitor0</code><code> </code><code>[ 3808.281] (II) CHROME(0): ViaVT162xDetect</code><code> </code><code>[ 3808.281] (II) CHROME(0): I2C device "I2C bus 2:VT162x" registered at address 0x40.</code><code> </code><code>[ 3808.282] (--) CHROME(0): Detected VIA Technologies VT1625 TV Encoder</code><code> </code><code>[ 3808.282] (II) CHROME(0): ViaVT162xInit</code><code> </code><code>[ 3808.283] (II) CHROME(0): Output TV-1 has no monitor section</code><code> </code><code>[ 3808.283] (II) CHROME(0): VT162xSave</code><code> </code><code>[ 3808.383] (II) CHROME(0): I2C device "I2C bus 1:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.</code><code> </code><code>[ 3808.390] (--) CHROME(0): Test for CRT with VSYNC</code><code> </code><code>[ 3808.390] (II) CHROME(0): EDID for output VGA-1</code><code> </code><code>[ 3808.390] (II) CHROME(0): VT1625DACSense</code><code> </code><code>[ 3808.395] (WW) CHROME(0): VT1625: Unknown cable combination: 0x03D.</code><code> </code><code>[ 3808.395] (II) CHROME(0): EDID for output TV-1</code><code> </code><code>[ 3808.395] (II) CHROME(0): Output VGA-1 disconnected</code><code> </code><code>[ 3808.395] (II) CHROME(0): Output TV-1 disconnected</code><code> </code><code>[ 3808.395] (WW) CHROME(0): No outputs definitely connected, trying again...</code><code> </code><code>[ 3808.395] (II) CHROME(0): Output VGA-1 disconnected</code><code> </code><code>[ 3808.395] (II) CHROME(0): Output TV-1 disconnected</code><code> </code><code>[ 3808.395] (WW) CHROME(0): Unable to find connected outputs - setting 1024x768 initial framebuffer</code><code> </code><code>[ 3808.395] (II) CHROME(0): Using default gamma of (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) unless otherwise stated.</code><code> </code><code>...</code> When applying the patch, the driver "sees" my TV-1 being connected, but still just makes X quit: <code>...</code><code> </code><code>[ 4036.653] (II) CHROME(0): Output VGA-1 using monitor section Monitor0</code><code> </code><code>[ 4036.654] (II) CHROME(0): ViaVT162xDetect</code><code> </code><code>[ 4036.654] (II) CHROME(0): I2C device "I2C bus 2:VT162x" registered at address 0x40.</code><code> </code><code>[ 4036.655] (--) CHROME(0): Detected VIA Technologies VT1625 TV Encoder</code><code> </code><code>[ 4036.655] (II) CHROME(0): ViaVT162xInit</code><code> </code><code>[ 4036.655] (II) CHROME(0): Output TV-1 has no monitor section</code><code> </code><code>[ 4036.655] (II) CHROME(0): VT162xSave</code><code> </code><code>[ 4036.755] (II) CHROME(0): I2C device "I2C bus 1:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.</code><code> </code><code>[ 4036.762] (--) CHROME(0): Test for CRT with VSYNC</code><code> </code><code>[ 4036.763] (II) CHROME(0): EDID for output VGA-1</code><code> </code><code>[ 4036.763] (II) CHROME(0): Printing probed modes for output TV-1</code><code> </code><code>[ 4036.763] (II) CHROME(0): Modeline "640x480"x63.8 30.00 640 688 744 784 480 488 495 600 -hsync -vsync (38.3 kHz d)</code><code> </code><code>[ 4036.763] (II) CHROME(0): Output VGA-1 disconnected</code><code> </code><code>[ 4036.763] (II) CHROME(0): Output TV-1 connected</code><code> <<-- result of the HACK </code><code>[ 4036.763] (II) CHROME(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes</code><code> </code><code>[ 4036.763] (II) CHROME(0): Output TV-1 using initial mode 640x480</code><code> </code><code>[ 4036.763] (II) CHROME(0): VIAFreeScreen</code><code> </code><code>[ 4036.763] (II) CHROME(0): VIAUnmapMem</code><code> </code><code>[ 4036.766] (II) CHROME(0): VIAFreeRec</code><code> </code><code>[ 4036.766] (II) CHROME(0): I2C device "I2C bus 2:VT1625" removed.</code> This is the tail of my Xorg.0.log file. Any ideas what I could test further? Happy to be of help. Regards, Willem On 11/15/2012 11:35 PM, Willem van Asperen wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:50A56E4D.3060801@van.asperen.org" type="cite"> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi All, Based on the patch supplied by Xavier I have created the following patch on via_output.c: <code>343c343,344</code><code> </code><code>< if (ViaTVDACSense(pScrn))</code><code> </code><code>---</code><code> </code><code>> // HACK: force TV connected to cater for EPIA board</code><code> </code><code>> //if (ViaTVDACSense(pScrn))</code><code> </code> This makes my TV-1 being seen as "connected", so that's the good news! Xorg.0.log: <code>...</code><code> </code><code>[ 4170.999] (II) CHROME(0): Printing probed modes for output TV-1</code><code> </code><code>[ 4170.999] (II) CHROME(0): Modeline "640x480"x63.8 30.00 640 688 744 784 480 488 495 600 -hsync -vsync (38.3 kHz d)</code><code> </code><code>[ 4170.999] (II) CHROME(0): Output VGA-1 disconnected</code><code> </code><code>[ 4170.999] (II) CHROME(0): Output TV-1 connected</code><code> <<--- Result! </code><code>[ 4170.999] (II) CHROME(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes</code><code> </code><code>[ 4170.999] (II) CHROME(0): Output TV-1 using initial mode 640x480</code><code> </code><code>[ 4170.999] (II) CHROME(0): VIAFreeScreen</code><code> </code><code>[ 4170.999] (II) CHROME(0): VIAUnmapMem</code><code> </code><code>[ 4171.003] (II) CHROME(0): VIAFreeRec</code><code> </code><code>[ 4171.003] (II) CHROME(0): I2C device "I2C bus 2:VT1625" removed.</code><code> </code> The bad news is that it makes X go ploof... The above is actually the tail of Xorg.0.log. After this, X just disappears. So there must be more to it. Any thoughts? Regards, Willem On 11/11/2012 11:14 PM, Xavier Bachelot wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:50A02344.2020803@bachelot.org" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Hi Willem, On 11/10/2012 01:56 PM, Willem van Asperen wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I have been running Arch Linux on a VIA EPIA EX10000EG with success using version openchrome 0.2.906, until the upgrade of openchrome to 0.3.0. Since then my screen just comes up blank black. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">I'm using the attached patch with an Epia EX. However, in my case, the display is connected throught DVI-A using a DVI-to-VGA dongle. I'm not sure how your board is connected, so that may or may not help. Regards, Xavier </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </body> </html>