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!