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Hey guys, I'm desperate at this point and hope someone can help me out! Two days ago I purchased a Gateway MX3231 laptop (the price was nice). It has the VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP Video Card (CN700 Chipset)

The problems I am having is that I can't set the resolution to fit the widescreen and DVDs etc are choppy when played. I suspect its because of the generic video driver. I've tried modifying the xorg.conf file to include 1280x768 resolution but I get an error that the mode does not exist. Here is my output from lspci:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.UniChrome Pro IGP (rev 01)

So, here is what I've done so far...I got what I believe to be the correct driver source from the VIA site (http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx...&SubCatID=158). Using the readme file, I use these steps:

Step 1: change to viafb directory
# cd viafb/
Step 2: Clear all object file.
# make clean
Step 3: Make source code
# make
Note that if no any error, this step will be produced an object file "viafb.o".
Step 4: Install viafb.o framebuffer driver
# make install

Then I do a modprobe viafb. After doing that, I see this in lsmod:

viafb 116800 0 (unused)
fbgen 2884 0 [viafb]

My question is...what do I do from here?! Is there a way I have to load these drivers? Is there something in xorg.conf I need to change? I'm totally lost!

Here's a little more system info: I'm using Slackware11 (also tried with 10.2) and kernel 2.4.33.3.

This is a make or break for me, i'm debating returning this laptop if I cant get the video to work right! I've tried posting in multi forums with no responses....Thanks for any help in advance!

The problem is not the kernel level driver, it is the X11 driver. Change the X11 driver to "via".

Code:

Driver "vesa"

to this:

Code:

Driver "via"

After that, restart X, and even try to get 1280x768. Post back what happened. Hope this Helps.

<<Samoth>>

Hi, first off, thanks for the response.

I changed Driver to "via" instead of "vesa" so it looks like this:

Section "Device"
Identifier "VESA Framebuffer"
Driver "via"
#VideoRam 4096
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection

I tried startx to run it but it bombs out, this is the end of the log:

Code:

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/kbd_drv.so

(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"

        compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.1

        Module class: X.Org XInput Driver

        ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.5

(II) VIA: driver for VIA chipsets: CLE266, KM400/KN400, K8M800,

        PM800/PM880/CN400

(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0

(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device

(EE) No devices detected.



Fatal server error:

no screens found



Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support

        at http://wiki.X.Org

 for help.

Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.

thanks again for the help!

Anyone else have any input on this?

what does "lcpci" say?

sorry for getting back so late....

You sure you have a VIA card? Usually when you get a message like that, it means you dont have a card supported by that driver.