Comment 12 for bug 296142

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Peter Belew (peterbe) wrote : Re: [Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

Aeb1barfo - could you post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and the
version of the xserver-xorg-video-openchrome driver you have installed
(you can find the version by using Synaptic Package Manager, for
example). That's the driver that supports via.

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Aeb1barfo <email address hidden> wrote:
> I booted up the Averatec 3280 this morning; I have had no problems with
> it using the via driver.
>
> -Art
>
> " Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it " -
> Santayana
>
>
> I hold to the FATALIST PORCINE philosophy of life:
>
>
> " I PINK, therefore I HAM "
>
> --- On Mon, 1/26/09, Peter Belew <email address hidden> wrote:
> From: Peter Belew <email address hidden>
> Subject: Re: [Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280
> To: <email address hidden>
> Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 7:19 AM
>
> I tried to get the UniChrome driver to work on my Averatec 3280
> yesterday; the end result was a grey screen with pieces of the round
> "waiting" cursor stuck at edges of the screen...
>
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Aeb1barfo <email address hidden> wrote:
>> I had to back off the UniChrome driver and use the via driver on an
>> Averatec 3280 ( 3270-EH1 ).
>>
>> The UniChrome driver was unstable; it would frequently blank display
>> windows and you had to use the mouse to redraw then.
>>
>> I have installed the via drivers in it's place. They appear to
> function
>> normally.
>>
>> I had to modify the xorg.conf to get the system to start; that is listed
>> under another bug.
>>
>> --
>> Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296142
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>> of the bug.
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> --
> Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296142
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
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> --
> Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296142
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
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