slackware-current where is unichrome_dri.so?

Slim Backwater · 05-09-2006, 05:23 PM

I have a new Asus K8V-MX mobo which uses the VIA K8M800 chipset with on-board video.

I heard that the new X.org 6.9 has support for this video card so I just finished a Slackware 10.2 install with a swaret --upgrade to -current, however the unichrome_dri.so is missing from /usr/X11/lib/modules/dri

$ LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxinfo | grep render
libGL: XF86DRIGetClientDriverName: 5.0.0 unichrome (screen 0)
libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/unichrome_dri.so
libGL error: dlopen /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/unichrome_dri.so failed (/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/unichrome_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
libGL error: unable to find driver: unichrome_dri.so
direct rendering: No
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect

xorgsetup seems to have setup the correct Driver "via" in xorg.conf

I pulled the slackware-current source for x11, and untarred X11R6.9.0-src.tar.bz2 and found references in extras/Mesa/src/mesa/drivers/dri/unichrome, so how do I compile this 'extra' directory and get it installed?

I'm taking a shot in the dark with a make World but I have a feeling this won't get the extras.

Thanks for any help.

/bin/bash · 05-11-2006, 05:01 AM

Code:

DESCRIPTION
       via is an Xorg driver for VIA chipsets with onboard unichrome graphics.

       The via driver supports the VIA CLE266, KM400/KN400 chipsets, including
       2D acceleration and the Xv video overlay extensions. Flat panel, TV and
       VGA outputs are supported.

       K8M800/K8N800, PM8X0 and CN400 support is still under development.

       Direct rendering 3D is available using experimental  drivers  in  Mesa,
       www.mesa3d.org.   Also  there  is  an  XvMC client library for hardware
       MPEG1 /  MPEG2  decoding  acceleration  available  on  the  CLE266  and
       K8M/N800  chipsets  that uses the Direct Rendering Infrastructure, DRI.
       The XvMC client library implements a nonstandard "VLD" extension to the
       XvMC standard. The current Direct Rendering Manager Linux kernel module
       is available at dri.sourceforge.net.

Since your chipset is still under development you should check out this.

theoffset · 05-11-2006, 07:48 PM

The Driver is called "via", but is still too buggy (at least it doesn't work with my card, I also have a K8M800).

You could try xorgsetup (it calls X -configure) and then check the resulting /etc/X11/xorg.conf to see if it's using the "via" module. If so, try starting X and if it doesn't works, check the /var/log/Xorg.0.log for any errors (I got an "(EE) VIA: Unrecognised Card-ID (something something) please report", which I reported into the bugzilla of X.org). If you had any errors, you might have to wait for the next X release (and either upgrade it yourself or wait for it in Slackware 11.1) or recompile with the lastest sources of the unichrome project.