OpenChrome project aims to deliver X.Org drivers supporting S3/VIA Unichrome and Unichrome Pro graphic cards. These Unichrome (Pro) cards are often found integrated on motherboards with various VIA chipsets.
As a proper compilation of X.Org system isn't a trivial task find below the whole set of RPMs compiled for OpenSUSE 10.1 and OpenSUSE 10.2 with the latest OpenChrome driver (version SVN-412) included.
These RPMs are a drop-in replacement for OpenSUSE ones. Simply run
rpm -Uvh --force <required-xorg-x11...rpms>
and reconfigure
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
. If you don't know how or you find yourself in trouble
go to OpenChrome for information. To get announcements
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If time permits I'll try to keep the packages in sync with future updates from OpenSUSE or OpenChrome. However no promises here...
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Last but not least: I provide no support for these RPMs! It is perfectly possible they will set your computer in fire, kill your dog or even bring your mother in law for visit! I warned you!!! ;-)
rpm -qa | grep xorg-x11
to get a list of all
installed X.org packages. Then go to either OpenSUSE 10.1 or OpenSUSE 10.2
download area below and fetch the corresponding RPMs recompiled with
via
driver to an empty directory. Then install with
rpm -Uvh *.rpm
command as root.
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
, find Section "Device"
and replace driver vesa or fbdev with via. Then restart
your X.org.
Section "Device" Identifier "Generic Video Card"Driver "vesa"Driver "via" Option "EnableAGPDMA" "On" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection
Option "ForcePanel"
to the above Device
section. (thx br. Bonaventura for this hint).Have you found these precompiled packages useful? If so please consider making a PayPal donation for author's expenses.
rpm -Fvh xorg-x11-driver-video-7.2-189_openchrome412.i586.rpm
)
rpm -Fvh xorg-x11-driver-video-7.2-33_openchrome302.i586.rpm
)
rpm -Fvh *
for installation)