[Openchrome-users] Drivers in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake)

[Xavier Bachelot]

hammond.mason at uk.abnamro.com wrote:
> I am still new to the world of linux and have installed the above distro on
> a VIA EPIA N10000 (that's 'N' not 'M').

Ah, strange never heard of this flavour...

> I have edited my xorg.conf to run the 'via' drivers that come with it.
> However, I do not know if these are the VIA, Xorg or OpenChrome drivers.
> Is there anyway I can tell, or does anyone know for sure what type they
> are?

Probably Xorg. I don't think ubuntu bother to use experimental drivers 
(openchrome, unichrome) and certainly not VIA, with is pure binary crap, 
requiring forked apps to be of any use.

Something like that should answer for sure :
strings `locate via_drv.so` | grep 'Unknown Card-Ids'

xorg flavor will ask to report to maintainer, openchrome to 
openchrome-users at openchrome.org and unichrome to unichrome-users at sf.net, 
  and VIA probably nothing.

Assuming epia N10000 is similar to M10000, you should be good to go with 
the driver from Xorg.

...some time later...
Just checked, N10000 is a CN400 so you'll need the openchrome driver to 
  take full advantage of your hardware. There should be some binaries 
for Dapper on openchrome.org

Regards,

Xavier