Comment 51 for bug 43154

whats the current status of the bug?
has it has been fixed on 7.04
is someone working of its fix & its just left idle
its going to be a year since the bug was last reported

                      Bug #43154, first reported on 2006-05-05 by
xanmoo<https://bugs.launchpad.net/%7Ejeanpat-pommier>

On 4/4/07, Julia <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> I have related problems with a VIA K8N800 on my Acer Aspire 1522
> laptop. I can't get a fully functioning driver in Ubuntu, Kubuntu, or
> SUSE. I've tried Edgy and Feisty in both Ubuntu and Kubuntu. I've
> tried compiling drivers straight from VIA, as well as other Unichrome
> and Openchrome drivers. This video adapter works flawlessly in Windows,
> so it's not the hardware.
>
> First I tried like crazy to get an extended desktop going on an external
> monitor, and finally gave up. Just now I tried to get some applications
> going in Wine, but received the following error: libGL warning: 3D
> driver claims to not support visual 0x46
>
> Of course Google Earth doesn't work, or anything else that requires 3D.
>
> We should be aware that this is not really an Ubuntu problem, but a VIA
> problem. As I understand it, VIA doesn't release fully functional
> drivers for Linux, nor apparently do they release the necessary
> information for others to do so. Perhaps they would respond with enough
> pressure from users, but I don't know.
>
> Perhaps something could move forward at Openchrome?
>
> If anybody knows of any progress on this, or has gotten any response
> from someone who might help, would you post here? Since I can't use
> Linux to get my work done, and can't afford a different computer, I'm
> headed back to Windows - for now.
>
> --
> computer freezes with some applications using 3D
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43154
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Regards,
Gaurish Sharma