> > I'm setting up potato on a clone laptop. My only problem so far is the > > video chipset. It's a Silicon Motion Lynx family. Anyone ever heard of it, > > or know how to config the XF86 to use it? > > > > Wayne > > > > I had the same problem with my Viper II - no support for > the Savage 2K chipset. Heck, the DAC setting went only > up to 300MHz (in the XF86Setup utility). > > Anyway, you will need to set up a frame buffer device. > That is if the video card supports VESA 2.0 specs. run > > locate vesa > > or something like it and you should find a directory that > has specs on svga and vesa and how to set up /dev/fb? > for your video card. > > Hints: > > make sure that you start up with the decimal settings for > the video mode > > you can DL the XF86_FBDev driver from the 3.3.3 version. > > You will also need source for the kernel to rebuild it > appropriatelly. > > Hope this helps, > Adam >
The SVGA xserver in version 3.3.6 supports Lynx chipsets. Just use one of the X config tools to get it running. Jo
