[Openchrome-devel] CN896 chipset (CR)

[Kevin Brace]

Hi Carl,

> Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 22:38:27 -0400
> From: CR <mrreedcmr at aim.com>
> To: openchrome-devel at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: [Openchrome-devel] CN896 chipset
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> Mr. Brace,
> 
> >From internet searches, I understand that you are the sole developer working on openchrome. I am writing to ask if you could tell me whether or not the chipset CN896 is supported in your drivers. I have a system that I am wanting to use Linux on, and I discovered through a live USB test run that I need the graphics driver. Thank you in advance!
> 
> Regards,
> Carl Reed

Yes, CN896 chipset is supposed since it is effectively identical to P4M900 and VN896 chipsets.
That being said, newer versions tend to work better than older versions since I put in so much effort into fixing bugs that were left from the past.
Unfortunately, many distributions still use relatively older versions like Version 0.3.3.
Some distributions like Ubuntu recently dropped the default install of X Server device drivers that do not support kernel mode setting (i.e., Ubuntu 16.04).
In this case, you will need to install it after you finish the OS installation.

Regards,

Kevin Brace
The OpenChrome Project maintainer / developer