From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GPie1-0000iC-Tq for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:40:26 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k8JGbq9k032621; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:37:52 GMT Received: from mta10.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta10.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.205]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8JGXBqB007941 for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:33:12 GMT Received: from statux.kicks-ass.net (ool-44c135e4.dyn.optonline.net [68.193.53.228]) by mta10.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTP id <0J5U007BCLX93JD0@mta10.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:31:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:33:10 -0400 From: Statux Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Via UniChrome Pro and Xorg In-reply-to: <200609191125.40778.benno.schulenberg@gmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-id: <1158683590.6682.4.camel@statux.kicks-ass.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 Content-type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-7+JcoSn5vBWIa4pjZiOQ" References: <1158627483.6553.11.camel@statux.kicks-ass.net> <200609191125.40778.benno.schulenberg@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 6b1cd828-21e8-403e-bfd6-72a70981ac20 X-Archives-Hash: fba16cc7a566897ba3021636ffa8f99e --=-7+JcoSn5vBWIa4pjZiOQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [snip] > You mean x11-drivers/xf86-video-via-0.1.33.2 ? It's far too old for=20 > the 800 chips. And openchrome doesn't do regular releases (see=20 > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D147425) so if you want it=20 > working, you'll need to build from SVN. >=20 Well that explains that. > http://wiki.openchrome.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=3DCompiling+the+s= ource+code [snip] > Then simply use the vesa driver. At depth 16 it should work=20 > perfectly. 3D acceleration will not really work on the 800 chips=20 > anyway: the Mesa stuff for the unichrome is unmaintained and there=20 > is a bug in the textures code that trips up the 800s. >=20 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 >=20 > --=20 > Cetere mi opinias ke ne =C4=89io tradukenda estas. --=20 Statux --=-7+JcoSn5vBWIa4pjZiOQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBFEBvGP7GrWON5tCARAkrbAKDcurpoEjLO2W6sSBoZL7K/t2/zVQCdEaOb mwZTSWNfBiiFA2Tfteb33ZM= =mliI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-7+JcoSn5vBWIa4pjZiOQ-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list