I can confirm that this is still true on the 8.10 live CD. I had to install with the alternative CD and then modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf on my Averatec 3200. I used the following in my xorg.conf and it is now working fine:
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 1 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection
I can confirm that this is still true on the 8.10 live CD. I had to install with the alternative CD and then modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf on my Averatec 3200. I used the following in my xorg.conf and it is now working fine:
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 1
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection