[Openchrome-users] openchrome and via cn700

Xavier Bachelot xavier at bachelot.org
Tue Oct 14 00:46:36 PDT 2014


On 23/09/2014 20:12, chris nelson wrote:
> hello,
>
> i am not sure if this list is still active but it's my last hope! i am
> having trouble getting x to load on my wyse v90le thin clients. i am
> using tinycorelinux (xorg 7.7, kernel 3.8.13), but have the same
> results on ubuntu 12.04. using vesa driver works fine, but i need
> widescreen support. lspci identifies my card as:
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/P4M800
> Pro/P4M800 CE/VN800 [S3 UniChrome Pro] (rev 01)
>
> using the openchrome driver, when x loads, my monitor flashes and says
> signal lost. i can still ssh to the machine, and can ctrl-alt-f1 to
> console. i have also tried compiling the latest openchrome driver from
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/openchrome/xf86-video-openchrome/, but
> upon loading X i just get a black screen (monitor does NOT say signal
> lost however). machine doesnt freeze, i can still ssh and ctrl-alt-f1.
> i have attached Xorg.0.log, dmesg and lspci.
>
> the output is dvi, i have tried an xorg.conf that includes Option
> "ActiveDevice" "DFP", as well as Option "VBEModes" "true" but i still
> get the same results. the particular line in Xorg.0.log that concerns
> me is: (WW) CHROME(0): Unable to find connected outputs - setting
> 1024x768
>
>
> any help would be greatly appreciated.
> thanks, chris
>
>
> Xorg.0.log: http://pastebin.com/uK3ZzQQR
> lspci: http://pastebin.com/UGpVHe2k
> dmesg: http://pastebin.com/M1tekU7M

Hi Chris,

Sorry for the late answer.
How is your board connected to the monitor ? DVI ?

Regards,
Xavier



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