xorg 2.6.12 kernel and modules
Hi,
My background is running testing on a epia motherboard (386 compatible
cpu), which has via graphic build in.
I figured out that the xorg (6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 (testing)) package has the
via drivers included, but the via module is missing from the 2.6.12
(linux-kernel-2.6.12-1-386, testing) kernel package. Unable to locate
the source for the kernel modules in the xorg source package I
downloaded and compiled (with the kernel sources) the modules in
unichrome_20051018.orig.tar.gz. The unichrome project maintained a via
driver for X, but that driver is now in xorg. I found no information of
the dependences between xorg and kernel versions: to compile the modules
I had to disable the check for CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG which is not defined
in $kernelsource/.config file but in $kernelsource/arch/i386/defconfig.
To load the via module I have to unload the drm module supplied with the
kernel and use the drm module compiled along with the via module.
Otherwise I get an unresolved symbol error from insmod.
X starts now with the via driver and accepts connections, but leaves me
with a blank screen. As a fall back I am using the vesa driver which
works only for lower resolutions and has no graphic acceleration.
I guess my questions are: How are the kernel xorg dependences maintained
and where can I get the correct via kernel module?
Btw, the alsa sound seems to work according to /proc, except that no
sound is generated.
Thank you for any comment!
Achim
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