Re: [gentoo-user] Via UniChrome Pro and Xorg

[Statux <statux@optonline.net>]

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> You mean x11-drivers/xf86-video-via-0.1.33.2 ?  It's far too old for 
> the 800 chips.  And openchrome doesn't do regular releases (see 
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147425) so if you want it 
> working, you'll need to build from SVN.
> 

Well that explains that.

> http://wiki.openchrome.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=Compiling+the+source+code

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> Then simply use the vesa driver.  At depth 16 it should work 
> perfectly.  3D acceleration will not really work on the 800 chips 
> anyway: the Mesa stuff for the unichrome is unmaintained and there 
> is a bug in the textures code that trips up the 800s.
> 

I was avoiding use of the vesa driver for some reason but I'll give it a
try and see if I can get anywhere. Yeah, all my mother needs is a
straight 2D environment. I'm not big on on-board video/audio/networking
but for light use, it's ok. If she were to ever need something with more
juice, I'd get a seperate 3D card anyway.

Thanks.

> Benno
> 
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Statux <statux@optonline.net>

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