Comment 61 for bug 186103

I tried doing that. Running svn update from the src dir did nothing. I then tried

svn update http://svn.openchrome.org/svn/trunk openchrome from /root (openchrome is in /root/openchrome).

Skipped 'http://svn.openchrome.org/svn/trunk'
U openchrome/ChangeLog
U openchrome/src/via_mode.c
U openchrome/src/via_driver.c
Updated to revision 887.
Summary of conflicts:
  Skipped paths: 1

Then

root@cupid:~/openchrome/src# patch < k8m800_vm800_panel_support.patch
patching file via_mode.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 1741 with fuzz 2 (offset 7 lines).
patching file via_driver.c
Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n] y
Hunk #2 FAILED at 735.
Hunk #3 succeeded at 1615 (offset -1 lines).
1 out of 3 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file via_driver.c.rej

Then ...

~/openchrome/src# cat via_driver.c.rej
--- via_driver.c (kopia robocza)
+++ via_driver.c (wersja 886)
@@ -735,7 +736,7 @@
         case VIA_VM800:
             /* New mode switch resolve bug with gamma set #282 */
             /* and with Xv after hibernate #240 */
- /* TODO Check if panel autodetection is working correctly */
+ /* FIXME Add panel support for this chipset */
             break;
         case VIA_CX700:
             pVia->VideoEngine = VIDEO_ENGINE_CME;

then 'make', and we have for the changed sources:

~/openchrome/src# ls -l *.lo | grep 12-15
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 298 2010-12-15 13:24 via_driver.lo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 294 2010-12-15 13:24 via_mode.lo

After installing that and rebooting, the login screen appears in 1600x1200, so there was something wrong about the updates. Also, when I log in, Gnome appears - without a top panel - in 1600x1200. I don't know if there is a bottom panel, since it's off screen, and without a top panel, I can't change the res except by reinstalling xorg.conf and logging out and in again. In the login screen, I can't select safe mode because that's off-screen.

It seems to me that the login mod selections used to be in the login dialog, instead of being at the bottom of the whole screen - also one could drag the login dialog around. All that's changed in the last 2 or 3 releases of Ubuntu.