[snip] > You mean x11-drivers/xf86-video-via-0.1.33.2 ? It's far too old for > the 800 chips. And openchrome doesn't do regular releases (see > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147425) so if you want it > working, you'll need to build from SVN. >
Well that explains that. > http://wiki.openchrome.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=Compiling+the+source+code [snip] > Then simply use the vesa driver. At depth 16 it should work > perfectly. 3D acceleration will not really work on the 800 chips > anyway: the Mesa stuff for the unichrome is unmaintained and there > is a bug in the textures code that trips up the 800s. > I was avoiding use of the vesa driver for some reason but I'll give it a try and see if I can get anywhere. Yeah, all my mother needs is a straight 2D environment. I'm not big on on-board video/audio/networking but for light use, it's ok. If she were to ever need something with more juice, I'd get a seperate 3D card anyway. Thanks. > Benno > > -- > Cetere mi opinias ke ne ĉio tradukenda estas. -- Statux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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