Getting S3 Unichrome IGP to work

[Zosimos]

Having struggled through the basic installation, I am now trying to get the various enhanced features of this laptop working. It is an Everex Stepnote NM3500W, manufactured in 2006. It has a FIC motherboard with the VIA P4M800 Pro chipset and and Intel Celeron 1.7 Ghz CPU. Included in that VIA chipset is an S3G UniChrome Pro IGP graphics adapter. This is a very cheapsh*t device. But after googling all over and reading many threads by other people trying to get it to work, I've found some modelines that have made it work. At least to the degree that the desktop actually fits on the screen instead of being much too large and making it difficult or impossible to even reach the menus. But as far as I can tell, what this does is treats it as a VESA adapter and doesn't use the accelerated functions. Also, only the default/max resolution, 1280x800, actually works. (But that's certainly better than the giant desktop that you cannot access in the default setup mode.) The other modes send the screen into chaos and I have to wait for the automatic reset to recover. Can anyone tell me what I have found here? Shouldn't it be possible to use other modes than the maximum?

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Boardname "vesa"
Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
Driver "openchrome"
Screen 0
Option "SWcursor" "true"
Option "EnableAGPDMA" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
Vendorname "Generic LCD Display"
Modelname "LCD Panel 1024x768"
Horizsync 31.5-50.0
Vertrefresh 56.0 - 65.0
modeline "800x600@56" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x768@60" 80.14 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 795 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x800@60" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 -hsync +vsync
Gamma 1.0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Defaultdepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768@60" "1280x768@60" "1280x720@60" "800x600@60" "1280x800@60" "800x600@56"
Virtual 1280 800
EndSubSection
EndSection

[stevepusser]

Well, call it vesa, but you are using the openchrome driver. If you running Debian Lenny, I found that the Squeeze openchrome driver solved a lot of similar problems for an old machine with the KM400 chipset.

[rivenathos]

With the openchrome driver, you are going to get excellent 2D performance. However, Compiz is a no-go with openchrome. With GNOME, the most "enhancement" you are going to get is by enabling Metacity Compositing. The compositing will give you some drop shadows. My main system uses the VIA K8M890CE/K8N890CE [Chrome 9] chipset and the openchrome driver. I get flawless video playback and have had no problems at all with any video issues. Just do not get your heart set on Compiz or you will be disappointed.

As for the screen display, I have only used standard monitors (1024x768 and 1280x1024) which were automatically chosen. I never had to set any modelines manually. Are you using Lenny or Squeeze? If using Lenny, I think there was an updated openchrome driver in the backports, but I cannot remember now. I am using Squeeze on everything these days.

[Zosimos]

OK, it turns out that my modelines are actually not being used. It's just setting up something automatically and the only thing that really matters is the virtual size that forces it to stay within the capacity of the screen. I deleted the modelines and it still works fine, but doesn't offer any other modes than default in the config panel. Here is my Xorg.0.log from a successful boot. Can anyone tell me what is going on and if it is possible to get other modes to work? Especially without having to force it into the 'virtual' size?

OK, here is MOST OF my Xorg.0.log file. Long list of detected modes deleted so it fits within the arbitrary limit set by this board.


X.Org X Server 1.4.2
Release Date: 11 June 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux Debian (xorg-server 2:1.4.2-10.lenny3)
Current Operating System: Linux nomad 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Sat Nov 20 23:06:30 UTC 2010 i686
Build Date: 25 September 2010 12:05:44PM

Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Dec 12 14:32:32 2010
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Configured Monitor"
(**) | |-->Device "Configured Video Device"
(==) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(==) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
(==) The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
Using the first mouse device.
(==) The core keyboard device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
Using the first keyboard device.
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(==) No FontPath specified. Using compiled-in default.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType
(==) RgbPath set to "/etc/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) Loader magic: 0x81e3800
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
X.Org Video Driver: 2.0
X.Org XInput driver : 2.0
X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0
(++) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,0314 card 1509,3149 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:00:1: chip 1106,1314 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:00:2: chip 1106,2314 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:00:3: chip 1106,3208 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:00:4: chip 1106,4314 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:00:7: chip 1106,7314 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b198 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:06:0: chip 168c,001a card 168c,2052 rev 01 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0f:0: chip 1106,3149 card 1509,4390 rev 80 class 01,01,8f hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:0f:1: chip 1106,0571 card 1509,4390 rev 06 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 1106,3038 card 1509,3038 rev 81 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:1: chip 1106,3038 card 1509,3038 rev 81 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:4: chip 1106,3104 card 1509,3038 rev 86 class 0c,03,20 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3227 card 1509,3227 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:5: chip 1106,3059 card 1509,4343 rev 60 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:6: chip 1106,3068 card 1509,4070 rev 80 class 07,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:12:0: chip 1106,3065 card 1509,2820 rev 78 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 1106,3344 card 1509,4330 rev 01 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xd1000000 - 0xd1ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:17:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) unknown vendor (0x1106) unknown chipset (0x3344) rev 1, Mem @ 0xf0000000/26, 0xd1000000/24
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xe0000000 from 0xefffffff to 0xdfffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xd0010400 - 0xd00104ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xd0010000 - 0xd00100ff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd000ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[4] -1 0 0xd1000000 - 0xd1ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[6] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x000020ff (0x100) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x00001c00 - 0x00001cff (0x100) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x00001800 - 0x000018ff (0x100) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x00001460 - 0x0000147f (0x20) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00001440 - 0x0000145f (0x20) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x00001410 - 0x0000141f (0x10) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x00001000 - 0x000010ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00001400 - 0x0000140f (0x10) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00001420 - 0x00001423 (0x4) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00001428 - 0x0000142f (0x8) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00001424 - 0x00001427 (0x4) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00001430 - 0x00001437 (0x8) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xd0010400 - 0xd00104ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xd0010000 - 0xd00100ff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd000ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[4] -1 0 0xd1000000 - 0xd1ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[6] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x000020ff (0x100) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x00001c00 - 0x00001cff (0x100) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x00001800 - 0x000018ff (0x100) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x00001460 - 0x0000147f (0x20) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00001440 - 0x0000145f (0x20) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x00001410 - 0x0000141f (0x10) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x00001000 - 0x000010ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00001400 - 0x0000140f (0x10) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00001420 - 0x00001423 (0x4) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00001428 - 0x0000142f (0x8) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00001424 - 0x00001427 (0x4) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00001430 - 0x00001437 (0x8) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xd0010400 - 0xd00104ff (0x100) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xd0010000 - 0xd00100ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd000ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[8] -1 0 0xd1000000 - 0xd1ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x000020ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00001c00 - 0x00001cff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00001800 - 0x000018ff (0x100) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00001460 - 0x0000147f (0x20) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00001440 - 0x0000145f (0x20) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00001410 - 0x0000141f (0x10) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x00001000 - 0x000010ff (0x100) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x00001400 - 0x0000140f (0x10) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x00001420 - 0x00001423 (0x4) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x00001428 - 0x0000142f (0x8) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x00001424 - 0x00001427 (0x4) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x00001430 - 0x00001437 (0x8) IX[B]
(II) "extmod" will be loaded by default.
(II) "dbe" will be loaded by default.
(II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "freetype" will be loaded by default.
(II) "record" will be loaded by default.
(II) "dri" will be loaded by default.
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(==) AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//fonts/libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 2.1.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "openchrome"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//openchrome_drv.so
(II) Module openchrome: vendor="http://openchrome.org/"
compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 0.2.902
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.3.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.3.1
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0
(II) OPENCHROME: Driver for VIA Chrome chipsets: CLE266, KM400/KN400,
K8M800/K8N800, PM800/PM880/CN400, P4M800Pro/VN800/CN700,
K8M890/K8N890, P4M900/VN896/CN896, CX700/VX700, P4M890
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Chipset P4M800Pro/VN800/CN700 found
(!!) VIA Technologies does not support this driver in any way.
(!!) For support, please refer to http://openchrome.org/.
(!!) (development build, compiled on Wed Dec 17 14:20:12 2008)
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xd0010400 - 0xd00104ff (0x100) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xd0010000 - 0xd00100ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd000ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[8] -1 0 0xd1000000 - 0xd1ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x000020ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00001c00 - 0x00001cff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00001800 - 0x000018ff (0x100) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00001460 - 0x0000147f (0x20) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00001440 - 0x0000145f (0x20) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00001410 - 0x0000141f (0x10) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x00001000 - 0x000010ff (0x100) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x00001400 - 0x0000140f (0x10) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x00001420 - 0x00001423 (0x4) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x00001428 - 0x0000142f (0x8) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x00001424 - 0x00001427 (0x4) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x00001430 - 0x00001437 (0x8) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xd0010400 - 0xd00104ff (0x100) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xd0010000 - 0xd00100ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd000ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[8] -1 0 0xd1000000 - 0xd1ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[10] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[11] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[12] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x000020ff (0x100) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00001c00 - 0x00001cff (0x100) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00001800 - 0x000018ff (0x100) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x00001460 - 0x0000147f (0x20) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x00001440 - 0x0000145f (0x20) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x00001410 - 0x0000141f (0x10) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x00001000 - 0x000010ff (0x100) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x00001400 - 0x0000140f (0x10) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x00001420 - 0x00001423 (0x4) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x00001428 - 0x0000142f (0x8) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x00001424 - 0x00001427 (0x4) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x00001430 - 0x00001437 (0x8) IX[B]
[27] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[28] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) CHROME(0): VIAPreInit
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvgahw.so
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0
(II) CHROME(0): VIAGetRec
(**) CHROME(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16
(==) CHROME(0): RGB weight 565
(==) CHROME(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(--) CHROME(0): Chipset: P4M800Pro/VN800/CN700
(--) CHROME(0): Chipset revision: 0
(--) CHROME(0): Probed amount of VideoRAM = 65536 kB
(II) CHROME(0): Setting up default chipset options.
(II) CHROME(0): VIASetupDefaultOptions
(II) CHROME(0): Reading config file...
(**) CHROME(0): Option "VBEModes" "true"
(**) CHROME(0): Option "SWCursor" "true"
(**) CHROME(0): Option "EnableAGPDMA" "True"
(II) CHROME(0): Starting to parse config file options...
(==) CHROME(0): Shadow framebuffer is disabled.
(==) CHROME(0): Hardware acceleration is enabled.
(==) CHROME(0): Using XAA acceleration architecture.
(**) CHROME(0): Using software cursors.
(==) CHROME(0): GPU virtual command queue will be enabled.
(==) CHROME(0): DRI IRQ will be enabled if DRI is enabled.
(**) CHROME(0): AGP DMA will be enabled if DRI is enabled.
(==) CHROME(0): AGP DMA will be used for 2D acceleration.
(==) CHROME(0): PCI DMA will be used for XV image transfer if DRI is enabled.
(**) CHROME(0): Will enable VBE modes.
(==) CHROME(0): VBE VGA register save & restore will not be used
if VBE modes are enabled.
(==) CHROME(0): Xv Bandwidth check is enabled.
(==) CHROME(0): Will not impose a limit on video RAM reserved for DRI.
(==) CHROME(0): Will try to allocate 32768 kB of AGP memory.
(==) CHROME(0): Digital output bus width is 12 bits.
(==) CHROME(0): DVI Center is disabled.
(==) CHROME(0): Panel size is not selected from config file.
(==) CHROME(0): Panel will not be forced.
(==) CHROME(0): TV dotCrawl is disabled.
(==) CHROME(0): TV deflicker is set to 0.
(==) CHROME(0): No default TV type is set.
(==) CHROME(0): No default TV output signal type is set.
(II) CHROME(0): VIAMapMMIO
(--) CHROME(0): mapping MMIO @ 0xd1000000 with size 0x9000
(--) CHROME(0): mapping BitBlt MMIO @ 0xd1200000 with size 0x20000
(II) CHROME(0): vgaHWGetIOBase: hwp->IOBase is 0x03d0, hwp->PIOOffset is 0x0000
(==) CHROME(0): Will not print VGA registers.
(==) CHROME(0): Will not scan I2C buses.
(II) CHROME(0): ...Finished parsing config file options.
(--) CHROME(0): Detected RoverBook Partner W500.
(II) CHROME(0): Detected MemClk 3
(II) CHROME(0): ViaGetMemoryBandwidth
(II) CHROME(0): Detected TV standard: PAL.
(**) CHROME(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(II) Loading sub module "i2c"
(II) LoadModule: "i2c"(II) Module "i2c" already built-in
(II) CHROME(0): ViaI2CInit
(II) CHROME(0): ViaI2CBus1Init
(II) CHROME(0): I2C bus "I2C bus 1" initialized.
(II) CHROME(0): ViaI2cBus2Init
(II) CHROME(0): I2C bus "I2C bus 2" initialized.
(II) CHROME(0): ViaI2CBus3Init
(II) CHROME(0): I2C bus "I2C bus 3" initialized.
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"(II) Module "ddc" already built-in
(II) CHROME(0): I2C device "I2C bus 1:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) CHROME(0): I2C device "I2C bus 1:ddc2" removed.
(II) CHROME(0): ViaOutputsDetect
(II) CHROME(0): Enabling panel from PCI-subsystem ID information.
(II) CHROME(0): VIATVDetect
(II) CHROME(0): ViaOutputsSelect
(II) CHROME(0): ViaOutputsSelect: X Configuration: 0x00
(II) CHROME(0): ViaOutputsSelect: BIOS Initialised register: 0x07
(II) CHROME(0): ViaOutputsSelect: Panel.
(WW) CHROME(0): Panel on K8M800, PM800, VM800, P4M890, K8M890, CX700 or P4M900 is currently not supported.
(WW) CHROME(0): Using VBE to set modes to work around this.
(II) Loading sub module "int10"
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0
(II) Loading sub module "vbe"
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvbe.so
(II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0
(II) Loading sub module "int10"
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so
(II) CHROME(0): initializing int10
(II) CHROME(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(II) CHROME(0): VESA BIOS detected
(II) CHROME(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0
(II) CHROME(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 65536 kB
(II) CHROME(0): VESA VBE OEM: VIA P4N800 PRO


(II) CHROME(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 1.0
(II) CHROME(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor:
(II) CHROME(0): VESA VBE OEM Product:
(II) CHROME(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev:
(II) CHROME(0): Searching for matching VESA mode(s):
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(II) CHROME(0): Configured Monitor: Using default hsync range of 31.50-37.90 kHz
(II) CHROME(0): Configured Monitor: Using default vrefresh range of 50.00-70.00 Hz
(II) CHROME(0): Attempting to use 60Hz refresh for mode "800x600" (114)
(II) CHROME(0): Attempting to use 60Hz refresh for mode "640x480" (111)
(**) CHROME(0): Virtual size is 1280x800 (pitch 1280)
(**) CHROME(0): *Built-in mode "1280x800"
(**) CHROME(0): *Built-in mode "1280x768"
(**) CHROME(0): *Built-in mode "1024x768"
(**) CHROME(0): *Built-in mode "800x600": 0.0 MHz, 37879.3 kHz, 60.8 Hz
(II) CHROME(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.8 0.00 800 0 0 0 600 0 0 0 (37879.3 kHz)
(**) CHROME(0): *Built-in mode "720x576"
(**) CHROME(0): *Built-in mode "720x540"
(**) CHROME(0): *Built-in mode "720x480"
(**) CHROME(0): *Built-in mode "640x480": 0.0 MHz, 31469.2 kHz, 60.4 Hz
(II) CHROME(0): Modeline "640x480"x60.4 0.00 640 0 0 0 480 0 0 0 (31469.2 kHz)
(==) CHROME(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.3
(II) Loading sub module "xaa"
(II) LoadModule: "xaa"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libxaa.so
(II) Module xaa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.2.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0
(II) CHROME(0): VIAUnmapMem
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] 0 0 0xd1000000 - 0xd1ffffff (0x1000000) MS[B]
[1] 0 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x4000000) MS[B]
[2] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[3] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xd0010400 - 0xd00104ff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xd0010000 - 0xd00100ff (0x100) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd000ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[10] -1 0 0xd1000000 - 0xd1ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[12] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[13] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[14] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x000020ff (0x100) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x00001c00 - 0x00001cff (0x100) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x00001800 - 0x000018ff (0x100) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x00001460 - 0x0000147f (0x20) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x00001440 - 0x0000145f (0x20) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x00001410 - 0x0000141f (0x10) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x00001000 - 0x000010ff (0x100) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x00001400 - 0x0000140f (0x10) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x00001420 - 0x00001423 (0x4) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x00001428 - 0x0000142f (0x8) IX[B]
[27] -1 0 0x00001424 - 0x00001427 (0x4) IX[B]
[28] -1 0 0x00001430 - 0x00001437 (0x8) IX[B]
[29] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[30] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) CHROME(0): VIAScreenInit
(II) CHROME(0): VIAMapFB
(--) CHROME(0): mapping framebuffer @ 0xf0000000 with size 0x4000000
(==) CHROME(0): Write-combining range (0xf0000000,0x4000000)
(--) CHROME(0): Frame buffer start: 0xb3109000, free start: 0x1f4000 end: 0x4000000
(II) CHROME(0): VIAMapMMIO
(--) CHROME(0): mapping MMIO @ 0xd1000000 with size 0x9000
(--) CHROME(0): mapping BitBlt MMIO @ 0xd1200000 with size 0x20000
(II) CHROME(0): vgaHWGetIOBase: hwp->IOBase is 0x03d0, hwp->PIOOffset is 0x0000
(II) CHROME(0): VIASave
(II) CHROME(0): Primary
(II) CHROME(0): Crtc...
(II) CHROME(0): TVSave...
(WW) CHROME(0): Unable to determine the refresh rate, using 60.00. Please check your configuration.
(II) CHROME(0): Trying VBE Mode 1280x800 (0xc1b7) Refresh 60.00:
(II) CHROME(0): ViaVbeSetRefresh
(II) CHROME(0): Active Device: 2
(II) CHROME(0): Refresh Rate Index: 0
(II) CHROME(0): VIAAdjustFrame
(II) CHROME(0): - Blanked
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:0:0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 8, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 8
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:01:00.0
(II) [drm] loaded kernel module for "via" driver.
(II) [drm] DRM interface version 1.3
(II) [drm] DRM open master succeeded.
(II) CHROME(0): [drm] Using the DRM lock SAREA also for drawables.
(II) CHROME(0): [drm] framebuffer handle = 0xf0000000
(II) CHROME(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) CHROME(0): X context handle = 0x1
(II) CHROME(0): [drm] installed DRM signal handler
(II) CHROME(0): [dri] visual configs initialized.
(II) CHROME(0): [drm] register handle = 0xd1000000
(II) CHROME(0): [drm] framebuffer handle = 0xf0000000
(II) CHROME(0): [drm] mmio Registers = 0xd1000000
(II) CHROME(0): [dri] mmio mapped.
(II) CHROME(0): - Visuals set up
(II) CHROME(0): VIAInternalScreenInit
(II) CHROME(0): - B & W
(II) CHROME(0): Using 2400 lines for offscreen memory.
(II) CHROME(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)
Screen to screen bit blits
Solid filled rectangles
8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles
8x8 color pattern filled rectangles
Solid Lines
Dashed Lines
Image Writes
Setting up tile and stipple cache:
32 128x128 slots
17 256x256 slots
5 512x512 slots
32 8x8 color pattern slots
(==) CHROME(0): Backing store disabled
(II) CHROME(0): - Backing store set up
(II) CHROME(0): - SW cursor set up
(II) CHROME(0): - Def Color map set up
(II) CHROME(0): VIALoadPalette
(II) CHROME(0): VIALoadRgbLut
(II) CHROME(0): VIALoadRgbLut
(II) CHROME(0): - Palette loaded
(II) CHROME(0): DPMS enabled
(II) CHROME(0): - DPMS set up
(II) CHROME(0): - Color maps etc. set up
(II) CHROME(0): [drm] Detected AGP vendor 0x1106, device 0x0314
(II) CHROME(0): [drm] Didn't find any AGP v3 compatible device. Trying AGP 4X mode.
(II) CHROME(0): [drm] Trying to enable AGP fast writes.
(II) CHROME(0): [drm] drmAgpEnabled succeeded
(II) CHROME(0): [drm] agpAddr = 0xe0000000
(II) CHROME(0): [drm] agpBase = (nil)
(II) CHROME(0): [drm] agpAddr = 0xe0000000
(II) CHROME(0): [drm] agpSize = 0x01e00000
(II) CHROME(0): [drm] agp physical addr = 0x00000000
(II) CHROME(0): [dri] Using AGP.
(II) CHROME(0): [drm] Using 58649568 bytes for DRM memory heap.
(II) CHROME(0): [dri] Frame buffer initialized.
(II) CHROME(0): [DRI] installation complete
(II) CHROME(0): [dri] Kernel data initialized.
(II) CHROME(0): [drm] IRQ handler installed, using IRQ 16.
(II) CHROME(0): [drm] Initialized AGP ring-buffer, size 0x200000 at AGP offset 0x1e00000.
(II) CHROME(0): direct rendering enabled
(II) CHROME(0): [Xv] Using PCI DMA for Xv image transfer.
Fulfilled via DRI at 8194560
(II) CHROME(0): Benchmarking video copy. Less time is better.
(--) CHROME(0): Timed libc YUV420 copy... 5792926. Throughput: 173.7 MiB/s.
(--) CHROME(0): Timed kernel YUV420 copy... 5809087. Throughput: 173.2 MiB/s.
(--) CHROME(0): Timed SSE YUV420 copy... 5959028. Throughput: 168.8 MiB/s.
(--) CHROME(0): Timed MMX YUV420 copy... 5890482. Throughput: 170.8 MiB/s.
(--) CHROME(0): Ditching 3DNow! YUV420 copy. Not supported by CPU.
(--) CHROME(0): Timed MMX2 YUV420 copy... 5956763. Throughput: 168.9 MiB/s.
Freed 8194560 (pool 2)
(--) CHROME(0): Using libc YUV42X copy for video.
(II) CHROME(0): [XvMC] Registering chromeXvMC.
(II) CHROME(0): [XvMC] Initialized XvMC extension.
(II) CHROME(0): - Done
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension XAccessControlExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 9, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:0:0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 9, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 9
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:01:00.0
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x22
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x23
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x24
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x25
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x26
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x27
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x28
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x29
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2a
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2b
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2c
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2d
(II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized /usr/lib/dri/unichrome_dri.so
(II) GLX: Initialized DRI GL provider for screen 0
(WW) Configured Mouse: No Device specified, looking for one...
(II) Configured Mouse: Setting Device option to "/dev/input/mice"
(--) Configured Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/mice"
(==) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "Auto"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Configured Mouse: always reports core events
(==) Configured Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(**) Configured Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 9
(**) Configured Mouse: Sensitivity: 1
(**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
(**) Generic Keyboard: always reports core events
(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
(**) Generic Keyboard: Protocol: standard
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbRules: "xorg"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbModel: "pc104"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbLayout: "us"
(**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"
(**) Generic Keyboard: CustomKeycodes disabled
(II) evaluating device (Configured Mouse)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(II) evaluating device (Generic Keyboard)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Generic Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(--) Configured Mouse: PnP-detected protocol: "ExplorerPS/2"
(II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
(II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//synaptics_drv.so
(II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 4.3.99.902, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0
(II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 0.14.6 (1406)
(--) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint auto-dev sets device to /dev/input/event8
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event8"
(--) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint touchpad found
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: always reports core events
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint" (type: MOUSE)
(--) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint auto-dev sets device to /dev/input/event8
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event8"
(--) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint touchpad found
SetClientVersion: 0 9
SetKbdSettings - type: -1225899850 rate: 30 delay: 500 snumlk: 216
(II) CHROME(0): VIALoadPalette
(II) CHROME(0): VIALoadRgbLut
(II) CHROME(0): VIALoadRgbLut

[Zosimos]

OK, it looks like I've got the major problems worked out, though the solutions are messy. By using VBEmodes and VBESaveRestore in the xorg.conf I can get video acceleration and even 3D with the mesa drivers without getting locked up. But switching modes, including simply booting up or logging out, is very, very, very slooow.

What I still cannot do is use any other mode than the maximum 1280x800. Granted, this is the mode I would be using most of the time. But I don't know if I might need to use some other mode for some specific reason in the future. So, I'd still like to know how I could get it to use any other modes?

[Zosimos]

The Windows drivers allow 1280x800, 1024x768 and 800x600 in either 16 or 32 bit color. Is there some way to poke around in the Windows system files and get the timing settings for those modes?