VIA Chrome9 binary driver for 9.04 (Ver 86a-50937)

[--dtk]

I mean this post http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...&postcount=260

Uuh, nice one. thx. Hadn't read that one yet. Sounded promising, especially when reading http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...&postcount=264.
But check out http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...&postcount=272

By the way, an update turned up.

The driver I've introduced a week ago or something is now available at the Via, inc. website
Therefore the driver posted in n260 is not something special anymore, I guess it is reasonable to leave the manual there.

In logs I got something like :
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Dont have any idea what to do with that .

Methinks that's just the X server checking default resolutions and detecting they don't fit (vertical timing out of range == resolution too high). That's why I added the custom mode to my xorg.conf[0].

Anyway, those messages are only informational (II), *should* be nothing to worry about.

dtk

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[LodeRunner]

Someone posted patched drivers for via chrome9,( somewhere in last pages) . I tried them, it's seems to work correctly , but i could'nt force X11 to turn LCD panel. I stuck with black screen

As I've mentioned elsewhere, the blank screen issue is somehow tied to the Broadcom wireless driver. It used to be only the proprietary wifi driver that would kill X after reboot, but since 9.10 the free driver does it as well. I've confirmed that this is the culprit, although this was without any manually installed video drivers.

EDIT: Actually, "kill X" is misleading. As I recall, I was able to log in, click around the screen, and hear the sounds of apps launching.