[Openchrome-users] Black screen with VIA Chrome9 HC DX9

[Tassilo Horn]

Benno Schulenberg <bensberg at justemail.net> writes:

Hi Benno,

>> > But there's no 1280x960 resolution in your list of VESA modes.  And
>> > in your xorg.conf you're setting 1280x800.  Which is right?
>>
>> Sorry, my fault, 1280x800 is right. What's the list of VESA modes
>> you're talking about?
>
> Look for the line "(WW) VIA(0): Using VBE to set modes to work around
> this."  in your Xorg.0.log.  Some twenty lines below that it starts to
> look at the Vesa Bios Extension, getting a very verbose list of modes
> from it.

Ah, I see. The modes between 1b6 and 1b8 are ok w.r.t. to the
resolution.

>> Does that matter if Driver is set to "via"?
>
> As the line quoted above says, the via driver uses the VBE modes
> because it doesn't itself implement modesetting for LCD panels yet.

Ok. Today I had no chance to get my hands on the notebook, but I think
tomorrow I can try out your advices.

Thanks a lot,
Tassilo