[Openchrome-users] Chrome9 HC VN896 + VT8237a not working : Tried Patch

[Xavier Bachelot]

V.O. Dah wrote:
> Hello!
> Thanks for answering. 
> I applied this patch (ddr667.patch) to svn branch vn896, rev.380.
> Compiled, installed, rebooted, typed "startx" (using the same xorg.conf as before).
> Results: everything is as before, except for the one thing:
> warning in Xorg.0.log file  about unknown memory clock has  disappeared.
> 
Yup, that is the only purpose of this patch. It helps or will help with 
mode validation.

> Attached are  two bzip2-ed Xorg.0.log files.
> (the 1st file: the machine hanged at XFCE splashscreen (color screen with mice in the center),
> the 2dn file (-try2): X server started, and I could work for 10 seconds :). 
> Making  "diff" between these tow logs gives a few differences, I thought it might be meaningful )
>
Hopefully, Gabriel can make sense out of this. He is the one who will 
really help you with VN896.

> Curiously, official VIA driver version 79 (release 17July2007) compile without any error but the results is even worse: simply black screen. (I know, openchrome list is not for discussion on official VIA drivers, just a  note)
>  
> I hope one day openchrome driver will work for me. :)
> Thanks,
> A.Kusmin 

Regards,
Xavier