[Openchrome-users] VN800 Laptop Support

Sun May 28 16:00:19 PDT 2006

Hi,

If youv'e got gnome installed you can use the tool in gnome-control-center
to switch between resolutions, tho it might mess up when you apply it just
acept it as it will sort itself out as soon as you reboot. If 1280x768 does
not show as one of the resolution options you will have to add the mode to
your xorg.conf file. Let me know how the driver under centos works for you.
Much tho I like ubuntu Id rather be able to watch dvds! Also if you dont
have gnome installed or have any other problems le m eknow too and Ill try
to help.

Aaron

On 5/28/06, spambot <spambot at deepercalling.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi Team,
>
> Thanks for all your help!
>
> I went back and did an install of the CENTOS 4.3 binaries provided. After
> overcoming some dependancy issues (nedit wanted the x11 devel libraries), i
> was able to get the laptop to startup a gui display with the S3 Unichrome
> driver in Xwindows - which was fantastic.
>
> My last question - how do i get the custom resolution of 1280x768 which is
> what my laptop provides. Id be happy to fudge it at 1280x800 and just put up
> with the bottom 30 pixels missing if thats an option too.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill.
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* openchrome-users-bounces at openchrome.org [mailto:
> openchrome-users-bounces at openchrome.org] *On Behalf Of *Aaron Moses
> *Sent:* Sunday, May 28, 2006 8:34 AM
>
> *To:* openchrome-users at openchrome.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Openchrome-users] VN800 Laptop Support
>
>  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
>
> (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]
> > > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 4:52 PM
> > > To: 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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