VIA K8M800 S3 UnichromePro

[Kam Leo]

On 4/8/06, Jojo Evangelista <jojo.mailing.list at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the fast response. Im just looking around for some drivers for
> this card. Even if it is not neccesarilly the "newest". I just want to make
> it work. :)
>
> I do intent to upgrade in the future, as of now, im just tinkering with my
> FC4 since this is the first linux distro that i have used...
>
>
> On 4/9/06, Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
>  On 4/8/06, Jojo Evangelista <jojo.mailing.list at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Im using FC4 on my Sempron 2800+ PC. The Mobo is an ECS K8M800-M2.
> > Im having problem with the built-in video which is a S3 UnichromePro. Is
> > there an updated driver for this card. I've already been to Via Arena and
> > saw that they have drivers for this card, however, its almost a year old.
> Im
> > just wondering if there are new/updated driver available.
> >
> > Ive tried using the Unichrome driver that comes with FC4, but X encounters
> > errors and wont boot. As of the moment, im still using the default VESA
> > driver.
> >
> > Thank you very much!
> >
>
> Is Fedora Core going to back port the new xorg drivers to FC4? I don't
> know? Have you looked at the testing repo?
>
> By the way, the new xorg FC5-x86_32 drivers work just fine for my
> setup which has the same motherboard/CPU combo. I have no gotten the
> FC5-x86_64 drivers to work. If you are willing to upgrade give FC5 a
> try.
>

I see nothing in FC4 testing for xorg-x11. The lastest version is
xorg-x11-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2. If you want to use FC4 and have not gotten
FC4 up and running with that driver then get a AGP video card and plug
it in. From what I have googled there is a split between the unichrome
driver developers. The chances of seeing a new unichrome driver for
the xorg 6.8 is about nil. If you do not want to invest more money in
hardware use FC5.