2:30 a.m.
If anyone is interested in trying the latest and greatest EPIA-M/KM-400 driver updates
I've
been doing there is a via_drv.o module available at
http://www.linux.org.uk/~alan/via_drv.o
Which you can drop into /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers, set your chipset to
"via"
in /etc/X11/XF86Config and test. This should have everything in it that the nonfree
drivers have except 3D (which is going to need major work to fix up) and the MPEG
engine which is getting some initial investigation now- the biggest problem being that
X has no "mpeg slice engine" interface yet.
Alan
10:11 a.m.
Le lun 29/12/2003 à 01:30, Alan Cox a écrit :
If anyone is interested in trying the latest and greatest
EPIA-M/KM-400 driver updates I've
been doing there is a via_drv.o module available at
http://www.linux.org.uk/~alan/via_drv.o
I have taken the liberty of posting this on the via arena linux forum.
Will test myself later in the day on Epia M10000.
Cheers
Tony Grant
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8:50 p.m.
Le lun 29/12/2003 à 01:30, Alan Cox a écrit :
Which you can drop into /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers, set your
chipset to "via"
in /etc/X11/XF86Config and test.
OK it runs, screen refresh seems quicker (subjective appreciation) on:
hush M10000 system
Fedora Core 1
Stock Redhat 9 kernel
It breaks xine: top third of screen goes green and X locks up hard...
forever...
Back to CLEX40038 for me.
This should have everything in it that the nonfree
drivers have except 3D (which is going to need major work to fix up) and the MPEG
engine which is getting some initial investigation now- the biggest problem being that
X has no "mpeg slice engine" interface yet.
It also doesn't have the s3utility which is a convenient way of
switching TV output on and off...
Cheers
Tony Grant
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8:54 p.m.
On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 07:50:14PM +0100, Tony Grant wrote:
OK it runs, screen refresh seems quicker (subjective appreciation)
on:
hush M10000 system
Fedora Core 1
Stock Redhat 9 kernel
Cool
It breaks xine: top third of screen goes green and X locks up
hard...
forever...
You've got the VIA DRI modules loaded
It also doesn't have the s3utility which is a convenient way of
switching TV output on and off...
Actually the VIA drivers do (both XFree and VIA version), but there isnt a
tool to go with it that I know of. Its using Xv port 2 XV_UTILITY for this
stuff.
6:46 a.m.
On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 01:54:54PM -0500, Alan Cox wrote:
> It breaks xine: top third of screen goes green and X locks up
hard...
> forever...
You've got the VIA DRI modules loaded
Ok I've updated the driver again
http://www.linux.org.uk/~alan/via_drv.o
This has a version of Luc Verhaegen's updates for compatibility with the VIA
DRI layers. With this one I can play tuxracer using
- 2.4.22-ac4
- via_dri.so and GL modules from VIA's '38 driver
- via_drv.o
Movie playing with DRI works but X hangs when the player exits. Some kind of
file descriptor handling screw up.
Also fixed
- Incorrect properties for Xv TV0/TV1
- Incorrect properties for Xv SWOV
Added the infrastructure code for most of TV0/TV1 overlay without the V4L kernel
module.
10:13 a.m.
Le mar 30/12/2003 à 05:46, Alan Cox a écrit :
> > It breaks xine: top third of screen goes green and X locks
up hard...
> > forever...
>
> You've got the VIA DRI modules loaded
Sorry I'm new at testing =:-D
This has a version of Luc Verhaegen's updates for compatibility
with the VIA
DRI layers. With this one I can play tuxracer using
- 2.4.22-ac4
- via_dri.so and GL modules from VIA's '38 driver
- via_drv.o
Tuxracer starts but is unplayable with standard Redhat 9 kernel.
glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
AllocateDmaBuffer fail
Movie playing with DRI works but X hangs when the player exits. Some
kind of
file descriptor handling screw up.
Xine does not hang for me on exit. All is well!
I'll work today with the module loaded.
More stuff:
s3utility
Gtk-WARNING **: Impossible de localiser le module chargeable dans
module_path : « libindustrial.so »,
Gtk-WARNING **: Impossible de localiser le module chargeable dans
module_path : « libindustrial.so »,
Xv: no usable video port found
Cheers
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1:54 p.m.
On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 09:13:48AM +0100, Tony Grant wrote:
> - via_dri.so and GL modules from VIA's '38 driver
> - via_drv.o
Tuxracer starts but is unplayable with standard Redhat 9 kernel.
glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
AllocateDmaBuffer fail
export MESA_DEBUG=y
glxinfo
and it should give you a lot more traces.
Gtk-WARNING **: Impossible de localiser le module chargeable dans
module_path : ? libindustrial.so ?,
Gtk-WARNING **: Impossible de localiser le module chargeable dans
module_path : ? libindustrial.so ?,
Thats trying to use a gtk theme you don't have I suspect. Harmless
Xv: no usable video port found
And that worked ok with the via supplied driver. I did tweak this so I wonder
what s3utility expects
6:40 p.m.
Le mar 30/12/2003 à 12:54, Alan Cox a écrit :
export MESA_DEBUG=y
glxinfo
and it should give you a lot more traces.
OK found the problem - DRI wants me to be root. Read a thread about that
somewhere, forgotten what I have to change.
And that worked ok with the via supplied driver. I did tweak this so
I wonder
what s3utility expects
It seems to be a bit picky...
Cheers
Tony Grant
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1:34 p.m.
Le mar 30/12/2003 à 12:54, Alan Cox a écrit :
On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 09:13:48AM +0100, Tony Grant wrote:
> Tuxracer starts but is unplayable with standard Redhat 9 kernel.
>
> glxinfo
> name of display: :0.0
> AllocateDmaBuffer fail
agp module wasn't loading...
options agpgart agp_try_unsupported=1
fixed DRI problems.
The driver worked fine all yesterday. Nothing strange to report.
Cheers
Tony Grant
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7:30 p.m.
New subject: VIA EPIA-M + 2.6.0 + Fedora Core 1
Hello and happy New Year Fedora developpers!
I spent the first day of the year installing a hand compiled 2.6.0
kernel on my VIA EPIA-M10000 based hush. I rolled my own because I
wanted some VIA specific features.
1. I was burned by module loading. How do I get modules to load? By
modifying /etc/rc.sysinit? At the moment I am loading sound and usb by
hand... The system is still trying to load HID at boot - where is it
reading that from? I have all the new module tools and converted etc.
etc. Modules are a mess and the man pages are of no help until they are
updated.
2. Alan, your via_drv.o is working just fine but of course I no longer
have DRI because the via.o kernel module is no more. Xine runs - plays
sound but no image of course until I get via + v4l sorted, it does not
crash on exit which is nice.
Speed of this kernel on a desktop is as advertised! Learning my way
around.
cheers
Tony Grant
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7:53 p.m.
New subject: VIA EPIA-M + 2.6.0 + Fedora Core 1
On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 06:30:49PM +0100, Tony Grant wrote:
1. I was burned by module loading. How do I get modules to load? By
modifying /etc/rc.sysinit? At the moment I am loading sound and usb by
hand... The system is still trying to load HID at boot - where is it
reading that from? I have all the new module tools and converted etc.
etc. Modules are a mess and the man pages are of no help until they are
updated.
You need the new module utils. Those include a conversion script.
2. Alan, your via_drv.o is working just fine but of course I no
longer
have DRI because the via.o kernel module is no more. Xine runs - plays
sound but no image of course until I get via + v4l sorted, it does not
crash on exit which is nice.
2.6.0 + the open source dri/via/* bits from the 2.4.22-ac tree should run with
the VIA libGL/via_dri.so. Ivor Hewitt (www.ivor.it) has patches for the v4l
module the old via stuff uses to replace their binary only bits too, although
again I don't think its been 2.6 ported just yet.
For the pure open source setup the bits of note missing are the mpeg support
(it has Xv but not the slice engine for the VIAxine) and the DRI. I have 3D
beginning to work now but some real problems left with fallbacks and locking
to debug yet
Alan
8:33 p.m.
New subject: VIA EPIA-M + 2.6.0 + Fedora Core 1
Le jeu 01/01/2004 à 18:53, Alan Cox a écrit :
On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 06:30:49PM +0100, Tony Grant wrote:
> 1. I was burned by module loading. How do I get modules to load? By
> modifying /etc/rc.sysinit? At the moment I am loading sound and usb by
> hand... The system is still trying to load HID at boot - where is it
> reading that from? I have all the new module tools and converted etc.
> etc. Modules are a mess and the man pages are of no help until they are
> updated.
You need the new module utils. Those include a conversion script.
Like the module-init-tools-3.0-pre3 I have installed? =;-p
The conversion isn't plug'n play and isn't very well documented for
Fedora and we lower beings Sir!
At boot Fedora tries to load viaudiocombo which is long gone an replaced
by alsa. Methinks it is reading the wrong file someplace...
Cheers
Tony Grant
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12:46 p.m.
New subject: VIA EPIA-M + 2.6.0 + Fedora Core 1
Le jeu 01/01/2004 à 18:53, Alan Cox a écrit :
On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 06:30:49PM +0100, Tony Grant wrote:
> 1. I was burned by module loading. How do I get modules to load? By
> modifying /etc/rc.sysinit? At the moment I am loading sound and usb by
> hand... The system is still trying to load HID at boot - where is it
> reading that from? I have all the new module tools and converted etc.
> etc. Modules are a mess and the man pages are of no help until they are
> updated.
You need the new module utils. Those include a conversion script.
I finally managed to get USB loading at boot on my hush Epia-M system.
http://thomer.com/linux/migrate-to-2.6.html got me started but I had to
change /proc/devices to /sys/devices in rc.sysinit. Don't ask me why...
but USB is loading at boot now.
Will now move on to getting Andrew Howlett and Ivor Hewitt stuff
running.
Cheers
Tony Grant
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1:05 p.m.
Update:
Xine is now running with blue and red no green. So the image is a bit
dark =:-D but xine is very well behaved.
Tony Grant
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