Re: video

[Jo Hoffmann <jxh@dcs.ed.ac.uk>]

> > I'm setting up potato on a clone laptop.  My only problem so far is the
> > video chipset.  It's a Silicon Motion Lynx family.  Anyone ever heard of it,
> > or know how to config the XF86 to use it?
> > 
> > Wayne
> > 
> 
> I had the same problem with my Viper II - no support for 
> the Savage 2K chipset. Heck, the DAC setting went only 
> up to 300MHz (in the XF86Setup utility).
> 
> Anyway, you will need to set up a frame buffer device. 
> That is if the video card supports VESA 2.0 specs. run
> 
> locate vesa
> 
> or something like it and you should find a directory that 
> has specs on svga and vesa and how to set up /dev/fb? 
> for your video card.
> 
> Hints:
> 
> make sure that you start up with the decimal settings for 
> the video mode
> 
> you can DL the XF86_FBDev driver from the 3.3.3 version.
> 
> You will also need source for the kernel to rebuild it 
> appropriatelly.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Adam
> 

The SVGA xserver in version 3.3.6 supports Lynx chipsets.
Just use one of the X config tools to get it running.

Jo