Andrew Jones wrote: > Hi, > > I recently purchased an EC900B which was the cheapest PC in the shop > (and the only one sold with Linux). > > This box is built entirely from Via chips and the pre-installed Mandriva > Linux has a proprietary driver for the VX800 apparently written > specifically for Guillemot-Hercules. > > Its display is 1024x600. > > All my other PCs run Fedora so the first thing I tried (and failed) to > do was install Fedora, which did not support the VX800. > > I verified this morning that Fedora 12 Beta also does not support this > hardware so I built openchrome 0.2.904 on an up-to-date Fedora 11 Live > USB key, but that didn't work either. > > It's like an old television that cannot synch - it looks like the > correct display might be there but it's sliding across the screen so > quickly it's hard to tell. > > Full descriptions of the hardware and Xorg.0.log are in the attached > file. > > Extract from Xorg.0.log: > (EE) CHROME(0): Unknown Card-Ids (1122|1106|3349), Chipset: VX800; > please report to [email protected] > > If there is anything I can do to help you support this hardware (or if > it looks like I haven't installed it correctly) please let me know. > > Thanks... > I've added the missing pci id in trunk revision 812. You can either update the driver or add the following line to the Device section of your xorg conf : Option "ForcePanel"
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