[Openchrome-users] No signal? cx700m2, xorg7.1 and TFT monitor

Christian Gleerup cromozon
Wed Sep 19 14:55:33 PDT 2007


I have done as you suggested, no luck, the new xorg.log is attached.

Also, just a note, the monitor is connected with a dvi plug, I guess it is 'the same' as vga. 
also, i can hear the disk is spinning, and ctrl+F1 gives me the console, for killing.

> Christian Gleerup wrote:
> > Hi list.
> > I have recently bought a via epia ex1000 but I cannot get the graphics card to work.
> > that is, I have managed to get X load the driver, but there is no picture, ad my monitor turns off.
> > 
> > I have tried both CRT and LCD option, and without the TVOutput option
> > 
> > there is apparently no signal on neither the DVI-out, composite-out or S-Video out, I haven't checked the 'YCbCr' since I don't know how to connect them.
> > 
> > I am using the experimental branch of the drivers, which I think is correct.
> > 
> > I am posting any information I hope can help solve this problem.
> > 
> > green_gentoo cg # lspci | grep VGA
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 3157 (rev 03)
> > 
> > 
> > /etx/X11/xorg.conf
> > ...
> > Section "Device"
> >     Identifier  "unichrome"
> >     Driver      "via"
> >     Option "ActiveDevice" "LCD"
> >     Option "TVOutput" "S-Video"
> >     VideoRam    65536
> >     # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
> > EndSection
> > ...
> 
> You must use "CRT" when driving a screen connected to VGA output.
> As you don't want to use TV-out, remove "TVOutput" "S-Video". Using both 
> VGA and TV-Out would restrain the available resolutions anyway, so make 
> it work with VGA only first. For info, the option for VGA + TV output 
> would be "CRT,TV".
> There's no need to set the VideoRam size, it should be auto-detected.
> 
> > Section "Screen"
> >     Identifier  "Screen 1"
> >     Device      "unichrome"
> >     Monitor     "viewsonic"
> >     DefaultDepth 24
> > 
> >     Subsection "Display"
> >         Depth       24
> >         Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >         ViewPort    0 0
> >     EndSubsection
> > EndSection
> > ...
> > section "Monitor"
> >     Identifier  "viewsonic"
> >     Option      "DPMS"
> >     HorizSync   31.5 - 48.5
> >     VertRefresh 50-100
> > EndSection
> > ...
> > 
> I assume your screen should be able to advertise the HorizSync and 
> VertRefresh by itself, so remove these 2 lines.
> 
> Please provide the xorg.log if that still doesn't work.
> 
> Regards,
> Xavier
> 
> 

Mvh
Christian Gleerup
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