[Openchrome-users] drm for via, how do I get only 2.11.0

[Jelle de Jong]

Kristian Slavov wrote:
> David Shay wrote:
>> In a prior thread:
>>
>>>  from your dmesg :
>>>
>>>  [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
>>>  [drm] Initialized via 2.11.1 20070202 on minor 0
>>>
>>>  try downgrading to via 2.11.0, 2.11.1 has been causing trouble, so
>>>  let's get rid of this, just to be sure.
>> I was advised to downgrade to via drm 2.11.0.
>>
>> How do I specifically pull 2.11.0 ?  I've just been following the
>> instructions in the wiki:
> 
> 
> How about just downloading the latest kernel? It should include the via 
> drm 2.11.0 driver. I think this was already suggested by somebody.

Maybe you can try xubuntu 7.04 it is using one of the latest kernels:

uname -a gives me:
Linux xubuntu-ubuntu 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC
2007 i686 GNU/Linux

There are also ubuntu wikipedia pages with installation how-to's for VIA
GPU chips.

Jelle