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Re: La1703 - detect screen @ Ubuntu 8.04

Postby Ggen » Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:51 am


Have tried the solutions in the tread but it doesn't help me.
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Re: La1703 - detect screen @ Ubuntu 8.04

Postby hikaru » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:29 am

It seems like Etch has major problems with this VIA-chip. Maybe Lenny does it better:
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/

Two other alternatives based on Debian may be Simply Mepis or gOS.
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Re: La1703 - detect screen @ Ubuntu 8.04

Postby Ggen » Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:16 pm

hikaru wrote:It seems like Etch has major problems with this VIA-chip. Maybe Lenny does it better:
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/

Two other alternatives based on Debian may be Simply Mepis or gOS.

OK. With Lenny I get the same problems as I did with Ubuntu, but the sound works! What should I do now... Doesn't gOS and Mepis cost money?
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Re: La1703 - detect screen @ Ubuntu 8.04

Postby hikaru » Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:06 pm

No, Mepis and gOS are free. I run both of them in virtual machines.

If Etch and Lenny work partially, maybe you will have better results if you install Etch and then change the sources.list to match Lenny.
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Re: La1703 - detect screen @ Ubuntu 8.04

Postby abrasax » Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:31 pm

Ok. I have the solution for you. But i only tried it in ubuntu 8.04.
The problem with the resolution is that graphics drivers are bad. So you have to install proper drivers.
download the drivers for ubuntu from here:
http://linux.via.com.tw/
its this one: chrome9.83-242-u804
unpack it and from the folder run the command:
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sudo ./vinstall

when it's done type:
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sudo gedit etc/X11/xorg.conf


and paste the following instead of what's already there:

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# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
   Driver "kbd"
   Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
   Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
   Option "XkbLayout" "de"
   Option "XkbOptions" "lv3:ralt_switch"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier   "Configured Mouse"
   Driver      "mouse"
   Option      "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier   "Synaptics Touchpad"
   Driver      "synaptics"
   Option      "SendCoreEvents"   "true"
   Option      "Device"      "/dev/psaux"
   Option      "Protocol"      "auto-dev"
   Option      "HorizEdgeScroll"   "0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier "Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Device"
   Driver "via"
   Identifier   "Configured Video Device"
   Option "LCDPort"       "DFP_HIGHLOW"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier   "Default Layout"
   Screen      "Default Screen"
   InputDevice   "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

Section "Module"
   Load  "glx"
   Load  "dri"
   Load  "extmod"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
   Group 0
   Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Default Screen"
    Device        "Configured Video Device"
    Monitor        "Monitor"
    DefaultDepth    24
       SubSection "Display"
      Depth      24
      Modes      "1280x800"
      Virtual 1280 800
   EndSubSection
EndSection


this will give you 2d support and a proper resolution. Unfotunately there are no good 3d drivers so far for this chipset. Hope it helps.
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Re: La1703 - detect screen @ Ubuntu 8.04

Postby merovingian » Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:13 am

For information, after the fact as it were. Ubuntu, even when the partitions containing a previous copy are re-formatted, will still see and adopt existing information on that partition. Therefore a re-install can often be corrupted. In instances like this, reinstall the original operating system, in this case Vista, and then clean install either alongside or replacing Vista. With this machine this will solve the graphics problem.
The sound problem, in the first instance is, as rightly pointed out in earlier responses, because it is muted, however, this can turn into a bigger problem after a reinstall to solve it. The clean reinstall after reinstalling vista takes one back to a muted system which just needs un-muting.
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