Bug#808784: RFA: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome -- X.Org X server -- VIA display driver
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
I request an adopter for the xserver-xorg-video-openchrome package.
The motherboard with Via chipset I owned died a few years ago, this
stopped my interest in the package. Also time is laking... so the package
has been handled by the Debian X Strike Force during my lack of
activity.
This is basically to make it clear that I'm no longer maintaining it.
Also it seams the driver fails to build with next xserver version [1]
and will probably be removed from testing if nobody steps in. So if you
rely on this driver it's time to contribute as I did 5 years ago !
1: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=808735#17
Best Regards
Julien VdG
The package description is:
OpenChrome is a project for the development of free and open-source drivers
for the VIA UniChrome video chipsets.
.
Originally called the 'snapshot' release, since it was a snapshot of an
experimental branch of the unichrome cvs code, this is a continued development
of the open source unichrome driver (from http://unichrome.sf.net) which
also incorporates support for the unichrome-pro chipsets.
.
Support for hardware acceleration (XvMC) for all chipsets has subsequently
been ripped out of the unichrome.sf.net driver. Therefore your only option if
you wish to make use of the acceleration features of your VIA chip with free
and open-source drivers is to use this version of the driver.
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