[Openchrome-users] Openchrome for Guillemot-Hercules ECafe EC900B netbook

[Xavier Bachelot]

Andrew Jones wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I recently purchased an EC900B which was the cheapest PC in the shop
> (and the only one sold with Linux).
>         
> This box is built entirely from Via chips and the pre-installed Mandriva
> Linux has a proprietary driver for the VX800 apparently written
> specifically for Guillemot-Hercules.
> 
> Its display is 1024x600.
>         
> All my other PCs run Fedora so the first thing I tried (and failed) to
> do was install Fedora, which did not support the VX800.
> 
> I verified this morning that Fedora 12 Beta also does not support this
> hardware so I built openchrome 0.2.904 on an up-to-date Fedora 11 Live
> USB key, but that didn't work either.  
> 
> It's like an old television that cannot synch - it looks like the
> correct display might be there but it's sliding across the screen so
> quickly it's hard to tell.
> 
> Full descriptions of the hardware and Xorg.0.log are in the attached
> file.
> 
> Extract from Xorg.0.log:
> (EE) CHROME(0): Unknown Card-Ids (1122|1106|3349), Chipset: VX800;
> please report to openchrome-users at openchrome.org
>  
> If there is anything I can do to help you support this hardware (or if
> it looks like I haven't installed it correctly) please let me know.
>  
> Thanks...
>      
I've added the missing pci id in trunk revision 812. You can either
update the driver or add the following line to the Device section of
your xorg conf :
Option "ForcePanel"

Regards,
Xavier