I am having trouble getting the via driver to work for xorg in Slackware 12. With other PCs using various graphics adapters I have no problems using the ati, nv, s3, etc drivers, I simply select the driver in xorgcfg -textmode. However, a few of my PCs have integrated VIA Unichrome (CLE266) graphics which use the "via" drivers....... Even though I make sure my Slackware 12 installation includes xf86-video-via-0.2.2-i486-1, I am still not getting the "via" option in xorgcfg! Furthermore, if I manually change the xorg config file to the "via" driver, xorg won't start at all.

Please help me get the VIA driver working on my xorg. I am currently stuck using the VESA driver which has terribly slow scrolling and overall X slowness. I don't really need OpenGL or any other fancy features, I simply want X to be accelerated for my graphics. What do I need to do?

Have you tried running 'xorgsetup' ?

I never succeeded with the via driver that came with xorg. But maybe someone else can help you on how to configure them.

My suggestion is that you replace the via module, that came with xorg, with the latest openchrome via module with the next instructions:

// first remove the "xf86-video-via-0.2.2-i486-1" package

// then compile the openchrome module (perform following as root):
// open a console

# svn checkout http://svn.openchrome.org/svn/trunk openchrome

// go to the directory openchrome (which was created with previous command)

# cd openchrome

// run autogen.sh with the prefix option so that the driver is being installed in the correct directory

# ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
# make
# make install
# make clean

// Change the Xorg driver to via

find Section "Device" and change Driver "vesa" to Driver "via".

// The accelerated video features that come with the unichrome X driver // also require DRI to be enabled.
// Make sure to add the following to /etc/xorg.conf:

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

// restart X


good luck!

Thanks! I've been looking for a working driver for my via card...

There is also a precompiled package available on LinuxPackages.net.
here:http://www.linuxpackages.net/search_...hrome&ver=12.1

With the difference that the driver name is not 'via' but 'openchrome'

This worked for my onboard VIA Chrome9 Chipset.

I simply modified my xorg.conf in the Section "Device":
and added at the end:
I have NOT tested XGL or Compiz Fusion yet, but KDE works like a charm.