Hi, I have built a budget system based on the Asus A7V8X motherboard to try out Fedora Core 1 as a desktop replacement. The only problem I have had is with the Via UniChrome KM400 integrated graphics which does not seem to be supported. Normal displays are fine using a generic VESA driver, but in games (such as Tux Racer or flightgear) it falls over. Someone on the Via forum has had a go at trying to adapt RH9 drivers but has failed. Drivers: http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=296 Does anyone here have a solution. Buying a graphics card defeats the object of building what is otherwise a very cheap system, but may be the only option? Martin

At 01:57 2/7/2004, you wrote: > My experiance with onboard video and sound cards has > been pretty negative. I run > a 64mb nvidia gforce2 mx that I got a couple of years ago for around > $30(US), and it works great with linux. I think you could probabally > find a gforce3 or 4 for about that now. Flightgear puts a good load > on my g2 so it may be time for me to upgrade :-). So how much you want for the card? :-) I might bite.

Benno Goedhart wrote: > Still no solution? We've ordered three systems with this motherboard, > and I sure would like to have the onboard graphics working. > > I know the VESA driver does the job, but I can't use 85Hz at > 1600x1200 with this card, it can do, however, 85Hz at 1280x1024. But I > don't want to use that on my 21" CRT. > > On VIA's site there are drivers for Red Hat 8 en 9, and Mandrake, but > not for Fedora. There has to be a way to use this graphics chipset. I > have heard it is some kind of S3 Savage chipset. Martin Ewing came up with a couple of suggestions. The first was a link to Alan Cox's site http://people.redhat.com/alan/ where there are files you can place in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/via_dri.so /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/via_drv.o You then hand edit /etc/X11/XF86Config to specify "via" as the driver instead of "vesa". I have to say that this did not seem to work for me? The second suggestion was to install the latest update to 2.4.22 Release 1.2166.nptl. Again, this does not seem to have worked for me, but not being an 'expert' there may be something I've done wrong or not done? Let me know if you manage to solve?