Re: Fatal Error --? Video driver?

Tim Roberts <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.xfree86.devel
Organization Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
Message-ID <[email protected]>
[email protected] wrote:

>[email protected]
>Hi I am trying to get XFree running on this configuration butno success so
>far. It looks likevsomething to do with the on board video
>
>The motherboard is ABIT VA-20 (www.abit.com)
>Integrated on board Unichrome Pro Graphics with 2D/3D/video controller
>64 Meg of DDR ram allocated for video
>Total ram 1G
>  
>

The VIA Unichrome chip does not have a driver built-in to XFree86.  VIA 
distributes one, but I don't know whether it plays with XFree86 4.5.0.  
Google for "xfree86 unichrome" for lots of hints.

You should be able to run the vesafb driver.  You won't get 
acceleration, but it should work.

-- 
Tim Roberts, [email protected]
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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