[Openchrome-users] Problems with Averatec 3225 laptop

[Avery Fay]

Avery Fay wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to get Linux working on my Averatec 3225 laptop. I've had it 
> working in the past (a few years ago) with both the vesa and old 
> unichrome driver. Now, both the live CD's I've tried, Fedora 9 and 
> Ubuntu 8.04, don't work. For a quick synopsis:
> 
> $ egrep "(WW|EE)" Xorg.0.log
>     (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (EE) Unable to locate/open config file
> (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
> (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
> (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
> (WW) CHROME(0): Unable to estimate virtual size
> (WW) CHROME(0): Unable to retrieve PanelSize: using default (1024x768)
> (WW) CHROME(0): Mode pool is empty
> (EE) CHROME(0): No valid modes found
> (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
> 
> The panel size isn't detected properly (it never was), but the default 
> chosen is correct. Also, it seems the openchrome driver is even 
> detecting my particular laptop:
> 
> $ grep Averatec Xorg.0.log
> (--) CHROME(0): Detected Averatec 322x.
> 
> but still can't find a valid mode. FWIW, I believe I used to run it at 
> 1024x768, 24 bit color, refresh of either 60Hz or 65Hz.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. The full full log is attached.
> 
> Thanks,
> Avery
> 

If anyone finds this in the future, I've found a workaround and logged a 
bug here:

http://www.openchrome.org/trac/ticket/247

Avery