Comment 18 for bug 258764

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MicRos (michele-roscelli) wrote :

Just to let people know:
i've got an ACER ASPIRE 1350
used metod reported by modemlamer, with some different steps, just follow commands down here.

first of all, manually configure your network address (lots of guides on the web, basically ifconfig stuff)

then type

sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and add those lines (deleting previous device, monitor and screen sections)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Section "Device"
Identifier "VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [S3 UniChrome] Integrated Video"
Driver "openchrome"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 28-51
VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [S3 UniChrome] Integrated Video"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
-----------------------------------------------------------------
then type:

1) wget http://www.openchrome.org/releases/xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.903.tar.gz

2) tar xvzf xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.903.tar.gz

3) cd xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.903

4) sudo apt-get build-dep xserver-xorg-core

5)sudo apt-get build-dep xserver-xorg-video-openchrome

6) sudo apt-get -f install

7) sudo ./configure --prefix=/usr

8) sudo make

9) sudo make install

10) sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

jaunty jackalope working fine!