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xserver-xorg-video-openchrome package

  1. Bug #504381
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 504381

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Peter Belew (peterbe) wrote : Re: [K8M800] Xubuntu does not display propery on Lucid alpha-1 with updates, on Averatec 3280

Here are the Xorg.n.* log files from yesterday (I booted into Jaunty on the laptop and mounted the partition with /var/log/ on it to get these logs). And from xorg.conf, I have

Section "Device"
        Driver "openchrome"
        VendorName "VIA Tech"
        BoardName "openchrome"
        Identifier "Configured Video Device"
        Option "SWCursor" "true"
        Option "modeSwitch" "new"
        Option "PanelSize" "1024x768"
        #Option "PanelID" "0" #640x480, Single, Dithering
        # Option "EnableAGPDMA" "Off"
        # Option "NoAccel" "true"
EndSection

I do get a blank screen after booting into xubuntu with the patch in place.

Checking the patch in the driver sources, I have this diff file (difference between patched and old unpatched via_driver.c file):

# diff via_driver*.c
715d714
< pVia->UseLegacyModeSwitch = TRUE;
1592,1595c1591,1593
< if (pBIOSInfo->Panel->IsActive &&
< ((pVia->Chipset == VIA_K8M800) ||
< (pVia->Chipset == VIA_VM800))) {
< xf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_WARNING, "Panel on K8M800 and "
---
> if (pBIOSInfo->Panel->IsActive &&
> (pVia->Chipset == VIA_VM800)) {
> xf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_WARNING, "Panel on "

from lcpci, I have
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800/K8N800/K8N800A [S3 UniChrome Pro] (rev 01)