[Openchrome-users] p4m900, assistance requested

[Andrey Melentyev]

Are you sure that you need experimental branch?
Some internet sources say that your laptop has an Unichrome Pro IGP on
VN800 chip.
If it is so, about framebuffer you can also read this thread:
http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.aspx?catid=28&threadid=77692&highlight_key=y&keyword1=viafb

2007/8/16, exodist <userforum at openchrome.org>:
> p4m900, assistance requested
> I understand the experimental branch contains a basic early version of a driver for this card.  I spent about 2 hours workign with stuff from via-arena, I am disapointed and frustrated beyond belief.
>
> Anyway, I downloaded, compiled, and installed experimental, then tried to startx w/ a proper xorg.conf. The screen is blank, the system is hung, control+alt+backspace fails, alt+fX nothing, have to hard power down.
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> Gentoo x86
> via c7 processor
> P4M900 is the number everything gives me is lspci
> http://www.everex.com/nc1500/index.htm
> thats my laptop, the one I am trying this on.
>
> Ona  similar note using framebuffer on boto also gives me a blank screen, so I am using standard vga.
>
> I did at one point have one of the via drivers working for basic 2d, but was not happy overall.
>
> any other info I can give?
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