Re: Fatal Error --? Video driver?

Luc Verhaegen <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.xfree86.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 05:18:28PM -0700, Tim Roberts wrote:
> [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.
> 
http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/via/
The files in there have xf-4_5 tags... And what's there should be 
capable of running an X natively on a standard KM400 board.

Luc Verhaegen.
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