Re: Via pm4900 Chrome9 graphics.

[C Wakefield <c_wakefield@shaw.ca>]

OnMarch 7, 2008 01:27:25 pm Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 10:59:09AM -0800, C Wakefield 
wrote:
> > Does anyone have any experience compiling a driver for
> > a Via P4M900 Chrome9 grapics chip?
> >
> > So far I'm on testing/lenny.
> >
> > Xorg.org is down at the moment, so I can't check for
> > support.
> >
> > This is in an Asus  P5VD2-VM motherboard.
>
> xserver-xorg-video-via doesn't handle it already?
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=464848
> seems to indicate that someone is working on packaging
> xserver-xorg-video-openchrome which should work with
> your video chip.
>
> This one from ubuntu might work for you:
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/x/xserver
>-xorg-video-openchrome/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome_0.2.
>6+svn357-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
>
> You can find the source package if it needs a rebuild
> here:
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/xserver-xorg-video-open
>chrome
>
> --
> Len Sorensen
H Len.

Thanks for the links.

The chip I'm working with is the  P4M900, which is pretty 
new Via, so the Xorg via deb driver doesn't support it.

The docs with the source code didn't work for me as the 
openchrome effort is Fedora centric.

I was hoping that m-a or at least ./configure & make would 
be possible to use, but no.

Thanks anyway.
Chris W.