Comments on: Possible update on the graphics drivers

By: admin

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:10:39 +0000

I am afraid desktop effects are not going to work for a while (possibly never) VIA don’t seem to want to release drivers for recent kernels or put in place a sensible way to have 3d drivers. The new openchrome drivers in Jaunty are pretty stable, but no 3d acceleration.

By: martin

martin — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:11:51 +0000

Hi,

I’m already confused, I’m a Linux newbie and have no idea how to find what devices are on this webbook, before I even think about downloading updates.

Thought Linux was easy OS, I have the same problem as above, trying to watch avi files off digi camera, get sound but no video.

Regards
Martin

By: heeman

heeman — Mon, 11 May 2009 04:36:23 +0000

Also none of the desktop effects can be enabled.Alan please mail me back

By: heeman

heeman — Mon, 11 May 2009 04:33:47 +0000

Same problem I am getting with my webbook and when I think it will run out of warranty pretty soon now..I still have a problem with my display after a fresh installation of ubuntu..I updated to 9.04 and still no luck..To make matters worse now the battery is dying within less than a ?year of usage,I think the warranty does not cover the battery, am i WRONG?

Please Alan mail me back,thank you.

By: Cristian

Cristian — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:35:20 +0000

ok after all this reading I havnt gotten annywhere.
my questen is.
Are there graphics drivers that makes everything work

By: Alan Bell

Alan Bell — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:58:16 +0000

Totem is fine, and yes, it sounds like you have the 3d drivers. I don’t think the new 2d ones are any faster, XV does work on the VIA drivers but I never noticed much difference in terms of performance.

By: Lukstar

Lukstar — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:30:14 +0000

Hi Alan,

I think you may of missed my comment above. I’m thinking that if I can play Penguin Racer then I am running the 3D drivers so will not ne able to watch videos very well???

Can you please provide instructions on how to install the OpenChrome 2D drivers?

Also I am using Totem 2.22.1 as the media player. Is this the best to use?

By: Alison

Alison — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:08:35 +0000

Thanks, Alan. The stripes have gone, as you said. Hope I don’t see them again any time soon!

By: Alan Bell

Alan Bell — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:30:32 +0000

yes, the vertical strips is exactly the screen corruption that happens from time to time. A reboot fixes it. I never saw that happen when I was using the VIA drivers and I have only seen it a couple of times with the newer OpenChrome drivers in Intrepid. I think I might not be third line support any more, they haven’t passed anything to me for ages.

By: Alison

Alison — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:46:34 +0000

Re: screen corruption

I have not been following the graphics drivers saga very closely, preferring to make more modest use of my webbook for the time being.

However, I notice that in this post you also refer to “the occasional screen corruption issue”, Alan.

Right from the start I noticed coloured screens (orange or bluey-green) flashing up now and then when I shut down my webbook. I thought this was a bit odd, but did not worry about it as I was more concerned with other issues.

However, on Saturday I noticed vertical stripes had appeared at the bottom of the login screen and when my Ubuntu desktop loaded there were three vertical stripes running from top to bottom of the screen.

I rang Elonex yesterday and am awaiting a call from “Third Line Support” later today or tomorrow.

The Geek Squad agent I spoke to on Saturday evening said he thought the graphics card must be defective.

Rereading the above post, I just wondered if the drivers might be the problem…..