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patraanjan23

Member

Registered: 2015-12-12

Posts: 1

Via Unichrome IGP driver

My configuration:

AMD duron 1200mhz

via s3 unichrome igp (km400) (shared 32mb)

512 mb 266mhz ddr

40 gb hdd

1366x768 monitor

Current OS:

Slitaz rolling (5.0)

My problem:

I installed slitaz 4.0 stable on this PC a while ago and while the resolution was still 1024x768 I just needed to do "tazx" and select the openchrome driver from the list and my display was native 1366x768 n I was happy.

Now I wanted to upgrade to a latest version. But the problem is I can't use the same method to install graphics driver anymore. Xorg always defaults to Xvesa.

Tested:

1. did tazx as root but every time ended up with an error message. I was thinking the s3 driver should work.

2. then took a step ahead and uninstalled the xf86-video-vesa package n my gui was gone. No matter what I did it kept saying there's no screen. Dug into the logs n there it seems to detect screens but at the final moment something bad happens! Also saw 'segmentation fault' which led me to think maybe it's because of my 32 mb graphics memory, but the slitaz 4.0 installation never complained about it!

here's Xorg.2.log http://pastebin.com/E8FD7qQm

So please guide me! I want a native 1366x768 resolution on my monitor.

llev

Member

Registered: 2011-12-09

Posts: 568

Re: Via Unichrome IGP driver

Hi,

First, set the topic as *not* resolved!

Second:

- Do you still have access to your SliTaz 4 install? If yes, please provide the Xorg.0.log . Otherwise, try to run SliTaz 4 on LiveCD, run tazx, etc. and get that log.

- What error do you get from tazx?

- Are sure the s3 driver supports your card? Then you can try to force this driver by putting this in [c]/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/60-Device.conf[/c] :

[c]Section "Device"
        Identifier  "My Card"
        Driver      "s3"
        BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection[/c]
You get the correct value of the BusID line by running [c]lspci[/c], e.g. mine gives

00:02.0 [c]VGA compatible controller: Intel (...)[/c] which converts to 0:2:0 .