[Openchrome-users] Blackscreen on VN800 Laptop

[Thomas P Crawford]

Thomas P Crawford wrote:
> Greetings, I just purchased an ANote -- assembled in Jakarta that has
> the VN800 Via chip.  It has Ubuntu 6.10 installed along with kbuntu
and
> the system runs fine.  I compiled the latest build of the openchrome
> driver from svn and the latest drm from git, but I get the black
screen.
> Everything runs fine, I can log on, but nothing on the LCD panel.  
> 
> Then I read the mail list: ah this is a long standing problem.  
> 
> I will be glad to try and help in solving the problem in any way that
I
> can.  I am not a total newbie, I cannot code, but I can try to follow
> instructions. 
> 
> The laptop works fine, but it would be nice if it could use the via
> video driver.  
> 
> Attached is my lspci and the Xorg.log file for the blackscreen.
> 
> Thank you, Thomas Crawford
> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.56 on 62.23.206.102



from your xorg log :

(EE) VIA(0): Unknown Card-Ids (1558|5406); please report to 
openchrome-users at openchrome.org

What is the manufacturer and model of your machine/motherboard ? What 
are the supported output modes (VGA/laptop panel/TV out) ?
I'll add your card to the driver once I have this info.

Regards,
Xavier

My LapTop is apparently built up in Jakarta.  The name on the computer
is A*Note and its model is Centurion.  The plate on the back is mostly
in Chinese but it has NOTEBOOK COMPUTER Model M55S
Product Code M551S and after the serial number it has CLEVO CO. KPXF

The LCD panel goes up to (1024*768) and the instruction book says that
the VIA VN800 supports Analog Monitor Pixel Resolution up to 1600*1200,
however, I have not tested it to the 1600*1200 value on an external
monitor.  I have only tested it on an external monitor using the
openchrome driver up to 1024*768. Sorry, I don't have a higher
resolution monitor right now.  It runs great on the external monitor.  

Much thanks for help with this problem.

Thomas P Crawford