Via UniChrome9 graphics driver?

ejbram · 07-09-2007, 03:26 AM

Hi!
Does anybody have any experience with this driver?
The chip in my laptop seems to be: P4M900. I found a driver here:
http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx...0&SubCatID=164

Did anybody tried compiling and building this? Did it work? Is the installation.txt that comes with driver good enough? It seems that the driver isn't officially supported for slackware.

ejbram · 07-10-2007, 12:26 PM

So, I tried to compile the driver following the instructions from VIA. It just doesn't work.

Since I got no replays to this post, I guess that nobody knows how to solve this.

dad · 07-13-2007, 03:33 AM

I have the same problem. You can try the link below and see if this helps. I'm waiting to get Debian Etch DVD's before I try again. because I know I will be reinstalling!

http://www.hombrepac.com.ar/articulo...untu-edgy-610/

dad · 07-24-2007, 12:35 AM

I finally got my Debian DVD's so I attempted the driver install from the link I posted above. Everything looked ok until the last step, of course!

./vinstall_2D
-------- install start --------
cp: cannot stat `XServer/via_drv.o': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `XServer/libddmpeg.so': No such file or directory
Now start to install VIA/S3G display utility...

Warning, system cannot find the /usr/X11R6/lib/libXv.so.1.0 file.
You can find the package in the installation CD.

Abort, the utility is not installed.

The good news was I could still get X to start!! Just not sure what went wrong.

ejbram · 07-25-2007, 07:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dad

I finally got my Debian DVD's so I attempted the driver install from the link I posted above. Everything looked ok until the last step, of course!

./vinstall_2D
-------- install start --------
cp: cannot stat `XServer/via_drv.o': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `XServer/libddmpeg.so': No such file or directory
Now start to install VIA/S3G display utility...

Warning, system cannot find the /usr/X11R6/lib/libXv.so.1.0 file.
You can find the package in the installation CD.

Abort, the utility is not installed.

The good news was I could still get X to start!! Just not sure what went wrong.

I tried it on Ubuntu as well, but with no luck either.

dad · 07-25-2007, 08:28 AM

I tried again, and found I did the ./vinstall_2D in the wrong directory. Even though I still had two errors. The missing via_drv.o, which I did find and found that it is installed. The libXv.so.1.0 is missing, and I am unable to find one to download. So I don't know if these are symtoms of something else or they are the problem????

Dria · 07-25-2007, 12:21 PM

I use the Openchrome driver for my P4M800CE (openchrome.org). I had to hack the driver to get it to display above 640x480 (one of the header files in source, I raised the default bandwidth setting to the minimum required for 1280x1024), but otherwise it works well.

CollieJim · 11-17-2007, 09:18 AM

Just the clue I needed. Thanks.

I took me a while to find where to make a change, but it worked.

Look in .../trunk/src/via_mode.h at about line 57 for the ViaBandwidthTable. Find the line for your hardware and experiment with changing the VIA_BW_MINs to numbers. I found changing it in the last entry for the K8M890 to 922000000 gave me the 1600x1200 I needed.

HTH
Jim

dad · 11-18-2007, 03:24 AM

I fixed mine by making a windoze partition and install VIA drivers for windozes there. Now I can play Quake. What a mess, I'll never buy anything that says VIA on it again. what a bunch of junk!

ejbram · 11-19-2007, 01:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dad

I fixed mine by making a windoze partition and install VIA drivers for windozes there. Now I can play Quake. What a mess, I'll never buy anything that says VIA on it again. what a bunch of junk!

I come to the same conclusion.
VIA sucks!

rworkman · 11-19-2007, 08:07 AM

Give this a shot and see if it works:
http://slackbuilds.org/repository/12...eo-openchrome/

ejbram · 11-20-2007, 01:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rworkman

Give this a shot and see if it works:
http://slackbuilds.org/repository/12...eo-openchrome/

Will do.
Thanks!

Rollo69 · 01-28-2008, 04:19 PM

I'm not sure if you will respond rworkman but I tried your link above

Quote:

11-19-07 09:07 AM
rworkman Give this a shot and see if it works:
http://slackbuilds.org/repository/12...eo-openchrome/

This is what I got in responce:

Code:

root@Heavnersnetwork:/usr/src/xf86-video-openchrome#./xf86-video-openchrome.SlackBuild
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/configure.ac
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/release_notes-0.3.0
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/aclocal.m4
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/configure
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/missing
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/config.h.in
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/libxvmc/
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/libxvmc/driDrawable.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/libxvmc/viaXvMC.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/libxvmc/xf86dristr.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/libxvmc/vldXvMC.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/libxvmc/viaLowLevel.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/libxvmc/Makefile.am
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/libxvmc/viaLowLevel.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/libxvmc/xf86dri.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/libxvmc/Makefile.in
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/libxvmc/xf86dri.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/libxvmc/driDrawable.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/libxvmc/viaLowLevelPro.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/libxvmc/viaXvMCPriv.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_mode.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_3d.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_vt162x.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_dga.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/svnversion.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_video.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_ch7xxx.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_shadow.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_3d.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_bandwidth.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_cursor.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_driver.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_regs.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_driver.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_id.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_vgahw.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_priv.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_vbe.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_i2c.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_memory.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_swov.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_ch7xxx.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_drmclient.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/Makefile.am
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_bios.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_mode.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_dmabuffer.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_accel.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/Makefile.in
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_3d_reg.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_xvmc.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_memcpy.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_xvmc.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_vgahw.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_xvpriv.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_swov.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_id.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_dri.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_memcpy.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_vt162x.c
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_video.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/src/via_dri.h
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/Makefile.am
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/config.sub
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/install-sh
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/depcomp
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/Makefile.in
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/ChangeLog
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/ltmain.sh
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/acinclude.m4
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/man/
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/man/Makefile.am
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/man/openchrome.man
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/man/Makefile.in
xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.900/config.guess
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/ginstall -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name...
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

I was talking with raconteur about this driver problem in this post VIA-rhine problem starting around post 11.

I followed the SlackBuild HowTo. Do you see or know anything that may help??

Thanks.!!.

edit: I tried using the Openchrome method like DeNiro says in this post Via Driver for Slackware
This is what I got in tring to compile from source

Code:

root@Heavnersnetwork:/usr/src/openchrome# ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal
/usr/share/aclocal/xmms.m4:17: warning: underquoted definition of XMMS_TEST_VERSION
run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
/usr/share/aclocal/xmms.m4:62: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_XMMS
/usr/share/aclocal/pkg.m4:5: warning: underquoted definition of PKG_CHECK_MODULES
/usr/share/aclocal/pilot-link.m4:1: warning: underquoted definition of AC_PILOT_LINK_HOOK
/usr/share/aclocal/nspr.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_NSPR
/usr/share/aclocal/imlib.m4:9: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_IMLIB
/usr/share/aclocal/imlib.m4:167: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GDK_IMLIB
/usr/share/aclocal/gtk.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GTK
/usr/share/aclocal/glib.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GLIB
/usr/share/aclocal/gdk-pixbuf.m4:12: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GDK_PIXBUF
/usr/share/aclocal/audiofile.m4:12: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_AUDIOFILE
/usr/share/aclocal/aalib.m4:12: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_AALIB
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy
libtoolize: `config.guess' exists: use `--force' to overwrite
libtoolize: `config.sub' exists: use `--force' to overwrite
libtoolize: `ltmain.sh' exists: use `--force' to overwrite
/usr/share/aclocal/xmms.m4:17: warning: underquoted definition of XMMS_TEST_VERSION
run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
/usr/share/aclocal/xmms.m4:62: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_XMMS
/usr/share/aclocal/pkg.m4:5: warning: underquoted definition of PKG_CHECK_MODULES
/usr/share/aclocal/pilot-link.m4:1: warning: underquoted definition of AC_PILOT_LINK_HOOK
/usr/share/aclocal/nspr.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_NSPR
/usr/share/aclocal/imlib.m4:9: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_IMLIB
/usr/share/aclocal/imlib.m4:167: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GDK_IMLIB
/usr/share/aclocal/gtk.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GTK
/usr/share/aclocal/glib.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GLIB
/usr/share/aclocal/gdk-pixbuf.m4:12: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GDK_PIXBUF
/usr/share/aclocal/audiofile.m4:12: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_AUDIOFILE
/usr/share/aclocal/aalib.m4:12: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_AALIB
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --no-force
autoreconf: Leaving directory `.'
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/ginstall -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... yes
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognise dependent libraries... pass_all
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking for g77... g77
checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... yes
checking whether g77 accepts -g... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 32768
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for ar... ar
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking if gcc static flag works... yes
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
configure: creating libtool
appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
checking for ld used by g++... /usr/i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking for g77 option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if g77 PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if g77 supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the g77 linker (/usr/i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... (cached) none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking if RANDR is defined... no
checking if RENDER is defined... no
checking if XV is defined... no
checking if XF86DRI is defined... no
checking if DPMSExtension is defined... no
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking for xorg-server xproto xvmc fontsproto libdrm ... Package xorg-server was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `xorg-server.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'xorg-server' found

configure: error: Library requirements (xorg-server xproto xvmc fontsproto libdrm ) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them.

I'm using Slak 10.2 so would an update to Xorg be a solution.??

rworkman · 01-28-2008, 04:31 PM

Rollo69:

Yeah, you're missing parts of the d/ package set.
Do a full Slackware installation unless you can diagnose this sort of thing on your own.

Rollo69 · 01-28-2008, 04:46 PM

I did a full install when I set this 10.2 up. I will install the packages from the d/ package set from cd/dvd. I'll let you know how that works out. Not sure if it make a difference but I'm running the 2.6.22.2 kernel.

Thanks