Re: Fatal Error --? Video driver?
Alex Deucher <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.xfree86.devel |
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On 5/4/05, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > Thanks Luc -- but forgive me - my board is a VA-20 -- do you happen to know: > (a) which one of the files I need AND > (b) what do I have to do to get X11R6 to use it? > you need to use the via driver that's available in xfree86. Alex > Thanks again > > David > NOTE > Remove from my Reply-to - all before ["vizion" at "ixpres.com"] if > emailing me > > David Southwell Ham call sign M0TAU > > 40 yrs > navigating and > computing in > blue waters. > English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V > Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. sailing May bound for Europe via > Panama Canal. > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel >