[Openchrome-users] VN800 Laptop Support
Aaron Moses
zebardy
Sun May 28 07:58:09 PDT 2006
Hi,
I'll attach a copy of my xorg log to the ticket (always helps to have more
data), I've also got the debug info turned on. Seen as your running Ubuntu
too do you have the same problem with resolution changing? Try changing the
resolution in System -> Preferences -> Screen Resolution and click apply.
This results in a screwed up display for me but if I change the resolution
in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and reboot it works. Thinking about it i'll also
attach a copy of my xorg.conf to the ticket, as Ive also tinkered with
that.
Its kind of annoying as I'm trying to do away with windows, but I can't
watch DVDs under linux and running games which request resolution changes
(both native and under wine) is a non starter.
Aaron
On 5/28/06, Martin Juergens <martin at gamesplace.info> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I already created a trac ticket for this issue:
>
> http://openchrome.org/trac/ticket/40
>
> If I can help debugging the problem, please leave a short notice.
>
> Thanks
>
> Aaron Moses schrieb:
> > HI,
> >
> > I have a gateway MX3220b with a VN800. Ive got the driver somewhat
> > working under Ubuntu Dapper Drake using the svn drivers and a cvs copy
> > of drm. The driver instillation was similar to Martin's, but I used
> > ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/ ( autogen.sh automatically runs
> > ./configure so you don't need this step) to get the modules in the
> > right path for Ubuntu (means you don't need to add 'ModulePath
> > "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"' to the xorg.conf file) .
> >
> > once this is done you can check out and compile drm as detailed on the
> > wiki
> >
> http://wiki.openchrome.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=Compiling+the+source+code
> > <
> http://wiki.openchrome.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=Compiling+the+source+code
> >
> > (follow the instructions for Xorg 7.0. or later - Direct Rendering
> > Manager)
> >
> > To get this to work for the vn800 you will have to add the line:-
> >
> > 0x1106 0x3344 0 "VIA P4VM800PRO"
> >
> > to the [viadrv] section of the files shared-core/drm_pciids.txt and
> > shared/drm_pciids.txt (in the drm source code) so that it recognises
> > the chip.
> > (Do this before making the kernel modules)
> >
> > also for Ubuntu you should use ./configure --prefix=/usr/ instead of
> > ./configure so that everything can be found properly.
> >
> > After all this you should have a somewhat working driver. Opengl works
> > for me but xv just results in a coloured section on the screen where
> > the video should be (you can use opengl video rendering instead, but I
> > find its not powerful enough for DVDs). Also I find I cant change
> > resolutions without rebooting as the screen gets messed up (looks like
> > its not figuring out where the end of each horizontal line of the
> > image is).
> >
> > I've spoken with Ivor about this and he got me to try some things with
> > the overlay and xvtest card, but the most we managed to achieve was
> > changing the colour of the overlay section where the video should be.
> >
> > The procedure I described above should be similar for fedora core 5,
> > if you manage to get it working for a distro other than ubuntu Id be
> > interested in hearing your outcome!
> >
> > Also with the Gateway laptop Network Manager is no longer playing nice
> > with the built in wifi card (broardcom), it used to work perfectly but
> > since a recent update its stopped. I have to manually bring it up and
> > down. I'd be interested in hearing your experiences with this.
> >
> > I hope some of this was at least vaguely useful.
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> >
> > Hi Bill,
> > I use Ubuntu Dapper (current Ubuntu development release, it will get
> > stable at 1st June).
> >
> > The procedure was like that:
> >
> > sudo apt-get install subversion build-essential automake1.9 libtool
> > pkg-config xserver-xorg-dev libxvmc-dev x11proto-gl-dev
> > libglu1-mesa-dev
> > mkdir openchrome
> > cd openchrome
> > svn co http://svn.openchrome.org/svn/trunk
> > cd trunk
> > ./autogen.sh
> > ./configure
> > make
> > sudo make install
> >
> > Then I added
> >
> > ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
> > ModulePath "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
> >
> > to my "Files" section in my xorg.conf and changed Driver in the
> > Section
> > "Device" to via.
> >
> > Please note that xv support with VN800 is currently broken, I
> already
> > opened a trac ticket.
> >
> > Martin
> >
> > spambot schrieb:
> > > Hi Martin
> > >
> > > That's great!!
> > >
> > > Which Linux Distribution did you use? And if you don't mind what
> > was the
> > > procedure, just install the X RPMs and then select the VIA
> > driver in the X
> > > Windows "Display" configuration applet?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Bill.
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Martin Juergens [mailto: martin at gamesplace.info
> > <mailto:martin at gamesplace.info>]
> > > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 4:52 PM
> > > To: openchrome-users at openchrome.org
> > <mailto:openchrome-users at openchrome.org>
> > > Cc: spambot
> > > Subject: Re: [Openchrome-users] VN800 Laptop Support
> > >
> > > Hi spambot,
> > > I have a Fujitsu Siemens laptop with a VN800 chipset, too and I
> > was able to
> > > use the openchrome drivers without any problems. If you want, I
> > can give you
> > > my compiled Xorg 7 via driver.
> > >
> > > Martin
> > >
> > > spambot schrieb:
> > >
> > >> Hi Team,
> > >>
> > >> I have a Gateway MX3210 laptop with VIA Unichrome VN800
> > Graphics and a
> > >> 1280x768 display.
> > >>
> > >> I've installed Fedora Core 5 and Centos V4.3. On both i tried
> > getting
> > >> the OpenChrome drivers to work, but i did not have any luck.
> > >>
> > >> For Centos V4.3, i installed the Xwindows RPMS, rebooted the
> > computer,
> > >> selected the VIA driver in X-Windows, and then tried to log
> > out. The
> > >> screen went black and that was the end of that. Is the VN800
> > and a LCD
> > >> laptop panel a supported configuration?
> > >>
> > >> Also what is the process for customizing the resolution list in
> the
> > >> Gnome Desktop -> Display utility to add the 1280x768, resolution?
> > >>
> > >> Any help will be appreciated!
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >>
> > >> Bill G.
> > >> ------------------------------
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