[Openchrome-users] Version 0.3.0 not working with VN896/P4M900 chipset on OpenSUSE 12.1

[James Simmons]

> Hi all, 
> 
> I am new to the list so please don't hesitate to bash me if I am doing 
> something wrong. 
>
> I have an old laptop I am using that has a VN896/P4M900 chipset on it. I am 
> using opensuse 12.1. I was using version 0.2.905 of the openchrome driver for 
> a few months now, someone at the opensuse forums was kind enough to package it 
> for me. 

What is the laptop model? Can you post the Xorg.log and kernel dmesg of 
the 0.2.905 runs.

> Now the version 0.3.0 is out I wanted to give it a go. I have no idea how to 
> build packages, so I compiled the driver and replaced the old files with the 
> new ones. Also, someone else at the forums built a new rpm package for me with 
> the new driver and I tried that out as well.
> 
> In both cases the results were the same: The system hangs when trying to start 
> the X server. /var/log/xorg.0.log is blank when the system crashes, so I don't 
> have any additional information to provide, apart from the fact that I am not 
> using an xorg.conf file (was not using one with the 0.2.905 driver either). I 
> would be glad to provide any additional info you require in order to solve 
> this, this driver has been working quite well for me and I would like to help 
> out to get this problem solved. 

Maybe the kernel dmesg will give some insight. Please post it with the new 
xorg driver.  

> Thanks and keep up the good work!

Thanks for testing.