[NTLUG:Discuss] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Via/S3G Unichrome Pro IGP video adapter

[Tom Tumelty]

actually i got the video adapter to work satisfactorily for me using the
generic VESA driver and refresh rate of 60 and resolution of 1024 x 768.

I did try the unichrome driver on sourceforge and did not get it to install.
I also read in a newsgroup about getting it to  install but did not seem to
work adequately.

Thanks for everyones help.




On 3/23/06, Stuart Johnston <saj at thecommune.net> wrote:
>
> Leroy Tennison wrote:
> > Richard Geoffrion wrote:
> >> Leroy Tennison wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> <Diatribe on> <Snip all of the truth></Diatribe off>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> I agree with you on the Linux/Via factor.  I too recommend that Linux
> >> users steer clear of Via chipset motherboard.  While some may have
> >> success, I have found the quality and reliability not worth the time.
> >> Spend the extra few bux and save yourself grief.   (Nvidia for AMD...or
> >> just go with Intel/p4/xeon/etc.)
> >>
> >> If time is money, then VIA is expensive.
> >>
> >>
> > Anybody want to buy an AMD Sempron 2800+ and VIA K8M8M motherboard for a
> > Windows machine? :-)
>
> Sounds like you and Tom may have given up and it may be more trouble
> than it is worth but...
>
> Unichrome systems seem to be pretty popular with MythTV users for the
> small form-factor and integrated mpeg decoder (XvMC) so it must be
> possible to get it to work.
>
> Have you tried:
>
> - Binary drivers from VIA
> - http://unichrome.sourceforge.net/
> - http://www.openchrome.org/
> - Different distributions with possibly newer Xorg drivers
> - Knoppix
> - Maybe even KnoppMyth?
>



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