[Openchrome-users] [NEWBIE] Where to start?

[Kevin DeGraaf]

Everyone,

I have a VIA EPIA M10000 (Nehemiah) box that I'd like to get working with
MythTV.  I've googled all the EPIA, Unichrome, OpenChrome, etc. stuff that I
can find, but I'm not sure how to proceed.  My understanding is that I want
DRI/DRM to work, as well as hardware MPEG2 acceleration (XvMC?) and 3D
graphics (OpenGL?).

1. My understanding is that OpenChrome is somewhat bleeding-edge and that I
might be better served by using the drivers in X.org or the old Unichrome
project.  All I'm looking for is stable functionality for the things
previously listed.  Should I even be here?

2. If all I need is X.org, can I just install my vendor's (Slackware)
packages and have everything "just work"?  Or would I need to grab the XvMC
and GL libraries from somewhere?

3. If I need to use OpenChrome or UniChrome, do I need to compile these
things against X.org CVS?  Or a released X.org package?  Is there up-to-date
documentation on this?  The README on this wiki says it's an old import...

Although I'm not a Linux newbie, I really don't understand how all this
Unichrome stuff fits together and I would appreciate it if someone could set
me straight.  Perhaps I'm not even asking the right questions... :-)

Thanks.
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