[Xorg] Laptop, KN400 chipset, poor video !

[Alex Deucher]

--- jonathan schaeffer <jschaeff at ccimap.in2p3.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've got an ACER Aspire 1353LC and I experiment  lots of problems
> with 
> it's configuration under linux. Let's talk about the video card.
> With XFree86 4.3 (or 4.4), the vesa drivers supports my chipset (via 
> kn/km 400). I've read that v4.4 has via drivers that support it
> pretty 
> well, so I started compiling an XFree4.4. Everythig worked but I had
> a 
> max of 75 fps with glxgears instead of 100 with vesa drivers.
> glxinfo said ther was no Direct Rendering, but the via_dri.so is in
> the 
> right directory (/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/)
> 
> Finally I tried the Xorg packages. They installed pretty well but the
> 
> libs (LibGL.*) files are not stored in the same directory as thes
> libs 
> from XFree86.
> 
> Curently, I'm runnig Xorg. It's possible that I made something wrong.
> 
> Did someone experiment those problems ? Can someone help me ?

you need to build the drm against your kernel as well.  See this page
for the most up to date unichrome drivers:
http://unichrome.sourceforge.net/

> 
> Another annoising problem I've got, is that the latop LCD screen does
> 
> not get over 1024x768 resolution...  though it's a 15'' TFT LCD
> screen.
> 

Just because it's a 15" LCD doesn't necassarily mean it support a
resolution higher than 1024x768.

Alex

> Thanx !
> 



	
		
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