Driver Support for VIA VT1632A Video Card

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Driver Support for VIA VT1632A Video Card

Post#1 by MasterSplinter » 13 May 2011, 19:02

Hello,

I'm trying to get dual monitor support for my WYSE Thin Clinet V90L (800Mhz 512Mb RAM / 512Mb Flash HDD) running on 32-bit V1.0 RC1.

The video card is a VIA VT1632A.
ftp://ftp.vtbridge.org/Docs/Video/DVI_L ... 0_CCPL.pdf

It was suggested that this code could help me create a driver, but, I don't know how to apply it.
http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/dr ... /via/dvi.c


Command: lsmod

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Module                  Size  Used by
via                    27908  2
drm                   108180  3 via
ipv6                  187816  14
snd_seq_dummy            724  0
snd_seq_oss            16136  0
snd_seq_midi_event      2748  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                26860  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss            22604  0
snd_mixer_oss           8868  2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_via82xx            12752  1
gameport                4344  1 snd_via82xx
viafb                  51608  1
snd_ac97_codec         67752  1 snd_via82xx
i2c_algo_bit            3132  1 viafb
ac97_bus                 488  1 snd_ac97_codec
rtc_cmos                5608  0
rtc_core                8480  1 rtc_cmos
shpchp                 16752  0
pci_hotplug            15628  1 shpchp
snd_pcm                35596  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              10720  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
rtc_lib                 1136  1 rtc_core
i2c_viapro              3856  0
processor              18356  0
snd_page_alloc          4204  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
ppdev                   3808  0
i2c_core               10120  4 drm,viafb,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_viapro
thermal_sys             8692  1 processor
snd_mpu401_uart         2948  1 snd_via82xx
parport_pc             23076  0
via_agp                 4040  1
hwmon                    824  1 thermal_sys
snd_rawmidi            10416  1 snd_mpu401_uart
parport                18380  2 ppdev,parport_pc
agpgart                15460  2 drm,via_agp
button                  3092  0
snd_seq_device          3020  4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
mousedev                6588  0
via_rhine              14708  0
8250_pnp                3048  0
snd                    28008  11 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
usbhid                 22588  0
mii                     2404  1 via_rhine
soundcore               2832  2 snd
hid                    50472  1 usbhid
evdev                   5368  9
sg                     15548  0
Command: lspci

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00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT890 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/VX700 PCI Bridge
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 8d)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/P4M800 Pro/P4M800 CE/VN800 [S3 UniChrome Pro] (rev 01)

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Re: Driver Support for VIA VT1632A Video Card

Post#2 by crashman » 15 May 2011, 11:58

This is part of dvi.c

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 21 #include <linux/via-core.h>
 22 #include <linux/via_i2c.h>
 23 #include "global.h"
 24 
 25 static void tmds_register_write(int index, u8 data);
 26 static int tmds_register_read(int index);
 27 static int tmds_register_read_bytes(int index, u8 *buff, int buff_len);
 28 static void __devinit dvi_get_panel_size_from_DDCv1(
 29         struct tmds_chip_information *tmds_chip,
 30         struct tmds_setting_information *tmds_setting);
 31 static void __devinit dvi_get_panel_size_from_DDCv2(
 32         struct tmds_chip_information *tmds_chip,
 33         struct tmds_setting_information *tmds_setting);
 34 static int viafb_dvi_query_EDID(void);
Please cut all numbers example:

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#include <linux/via-core.h>
#include <linux/via_i2c.h>
#include "global.h"

static void tmds_register_write(int index, u8 data);
static int tmds_register_read(int index);
and put code to pastebin.com or all files to mediafire.com, and find files"via-core.h, via_i2c.h" is needed.

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Re: Driver Support for VIA VT1632A Video Card

Post#3 by brokenman » 15 May 2011, 13:41

Perhaps try building this driver. I've not tested it.

http://driverscollection.com/?H=CN896&By=VIA&SS=Linux
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Re: Driver Support for VIA VT1632A Video Card

Post#4 by Ahau » 19 May 2011, 12:49

I found some VIA drivers at slax.org, and converted one to a porteus module:

http://www.mediafire.com/?gjg7eq1jrto6to9

That appears to be the one that I was trying to compile. Try downloading that, put it in /porteus/modules, and see if it helps out. A couple others you might try are linked at the end of this thread:

http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=vi ... highlight=
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Re: Driver Support for VIA VT1632A Video Card

Post#5 by Blaze » 19 May 2011, 18:11

hi MasterSplinter,
Copy this module xf86 video openchrome 0.2.904 i486 2.xzm to /porteus/modules/
(support: CLE266, KM400/KN400/KM400A/P4M800, CN400/PM800/PN800/PM880, K8M800, CN700/VM800/P4M800Pro, CX700, P4M890, K8M890, P4M900/VN896/CN896, VX800, VX855, VX900)
Boot up Text mode and then type

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root
toor
xconf
startx
If it work for you, you can try KDE or LXDE modes :)
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Re: Driver Support for VIA VT1632A Video Card

Post#6 by MasterSplinter » 19 May 2011, 19:35

Thank you, everyone, for suggesting ideas for this thread. It is very much appreciated.
There is a lot on my plate here, for things to try...and being a newb... it's probably gonna be a slow process for me.
Ahau wrote:I found some VIA drivers at slax.org, and converted one to a porteus module:

http://www.mediafire.com/?gjg7eq1jrto6to9
Thank you, although this didn't seem to do the trick.
Ahau wrote:That appears to be the one that I was trying to compile. Try downloading that, put it in /porteus/modules, and see if it helps out. A couple others you might try are linked at the end of this thread:

http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=vi ... highlight=
At this link, I did find some progress. The OpenChrome drivers enabled the second monitor, but they were mirroring. The Configure Display options didn't offer or suggest that it could see both displays:
jcsoh wrote: 105 days ago

Openchrome 0.2.904 - A free and Open Source video driver for the VIA/S3G UniChrome, UniChrome Pro and Chrome9 graphics chipsets.
http://www.slax.org/modules.php?action=detail&id=3950

xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.903.lzm - A free and Open Source video driver for the VIA/S3G UniChrome, UniChrome Pro and Chrome9 graphics chipsets. (CLE266, KM400/KN400/KM400A/P4M800, CN400/PM800/PN800/PM880, K8M800, CN700/VM800/P4M800Pro, CX700, P4M890, K8M890, P4M900/VN896)
http://www.slax.org/modules.php?action=detail&id=713
Blaze wrote:hi MasterSplinter,
Copy this module xf86 video openchrome 0.2.904 i486 2.xzm to /porteus/modules/
(support: CLE266, KM400/KN400/KM400A/P4M800, CN400/PM800/PN800/PM880, K8M800, CN700/VM800/P4M800Pro, CX700, P4M890, K8M890, P4M900/VN896/CN896, VX800, VX855, VX900)
Boot up Text mode and then type

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root
toor
xconf
startx
If it work for you, you can try KDE or LXDE modes :)
Thank you, :) I booted into text mode and did as you said. This wasn't successful. It only allowed one display to show, and the Configure Display options didn't show any sign of multiple displays.

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Re: Driver Support for VIA VT1632A Video Card

Post#7 by Blaze » 19 May 2011, 20:21

MasterSplinter, ok. I have a new suggestion.

1. download these modules:
crippled_sources-porteus-v1.0_rc1-x86.xzm
kernel_headers-porteus-v1_rc1-x86.xzm
apr 1.4.2 i486 2.xzm
apr util 1.3.10 i486 1.xzm
subversion 1.6.16 i486 1.xzm

2. Then copy these modules to /porteus/modules/

3. Boot up Porteus in Text mode and type these commands:

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svn checkout http://svn.openchrome.org/svn/trunk openchrome
cd openchrome*
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --enable-debug --enable-xv-debug
make
make install
reboot
Probably need to tweak a /etc/X11/xorg.conf
4. Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change device driver to openchrome. You may want to make a backup first.
The "Device" section should include the "openchrome" driver:

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Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Configured Video Device"
        Driver          "openchrome"
EndSection
Save the file.
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Re: Driver Support for VIA VT1632A Video Card

Post#8 by MasterSplinter » 24 May 2011, 15:21

Blaze wrote:MasterSplinter, ok. I have a new suggestion.

1. download these modules:
crippled_sources-porteus-v1.0_rc1-x86.xzm
kernel_headers-porteus-v1_rc1-x86.xzm
apr 1.4.2 i486 2.xzm
apr util 1.3.10 i486 1.xzm
subversion 1.6.16 i486 1.xzm

2. Then copy these modules to /porteus/modules/
Done! ...and these are the only modules in the folder.
Blaze wrote: 3. Boot up Porteus in Text mode and type these commands:

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svn checkout http://svn.openchrome.org/svn/trunk openchrome
cd openchrome*
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --enable-debug --enable-xv-debug
make
make install
reboot
Interesting stuff! Done!
Blaze wrote: Probably need to tweak a /etc/X11/xorg.conf
4. Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change device driver to openchrome. You may want to make a backup first.
The "Device" section should include the "openchrome" driver:

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Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Configured Video Device"
        Driver          "openchrome"
EndSection
Save the file.
I booted into text mode after the 'reboot' command you gave. I went to /porteus/changes/etc/X11 and tried to edit the xorg.conf file... "edit" wasn't working and I didn't remember the command to edit text files from a command prompt... being a lil lazy, I typed reboot, and went into KDE mode instead. I did notice that the auto-config for video is executed every time KDE is launched from the GRUB. I'm not sure if that negatively effects the xorg.conf for my efforts.

The original xorg.conf (/porteus/changes/etc/X11) after booting into KDE looks like this:

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Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier     "X.org Configured"
Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/local"
FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load  "dbe"
Load  "dri"
Load  "dri2"
Load  "extmod"
Load  "glx"
Load  "record"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Keyboard0"
Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Mouse0"
Driver      "mouse"
Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier   "Monitor0"
VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier  "Card0"
Driver      "openchrome"
BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device     "Card0"
Monitor    "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport   0 0
Depth     1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport   0 0
Depth     4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport   0 0
Depth     8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport   0 0
Depth     15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport   0 0
Depth     16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport   0 0
Depth     24
EndSubSection
EndSection

The modified xorg.conf (/porteus/changes/etc/X11) looks like this:

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Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier     "X.org Configured"
Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/local"
FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load  "dbe"
Load  "dri"
Load  "dri2"
Load  "extmod"
Load  "glx"
Load  "record"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Keyboard0"
Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Mouse0"
Driver      "mouse"
Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier   "Monitor0"
VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier      "Configured Video Device"
Driver          "openchrome"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device     "Card0"
Monitor    "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport   0 0
Depth     1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport   0 0
Depth     4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport   0 0
Depth     8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport   0 0
Depth     15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport   0 0
Depth     16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport   0 0
Depth     24
EndSubSection
EndSection
As it stands now, there is just one display enabled and the display configuration doesn't suggest there is another display to work with.

Posted after 17 minutes 22 seconds:
UPDATE:

It seems that after each reboot, the auto configuration for video over writes my changes to my xorg.conf to:

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Section "Device"
Identifier  "Card0"
Driver      "openchrome"
BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection 
I'll need to figure out how to turn that off.

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Re: Driver Support for VIA VT1632A Video Card

Post#9 by Blaze » 24 May 2011, 15:27

MasterSplinter, hm... damn :wall:
You can try to convert two deb packages with driver for via from debian repo in xzm format:
xserver-xorg-video-via_0.2.904+svn842-2_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome_0.2.904+svn842-2_i386.deb
and then try to copy these modules to /porteus/modules/
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Re: Driver Support for VIA VT1632A Video Card

Post#10 by Ahau » 24 May 2011, 15:38

I prefer to use 'mcedit' to edit text files from the command line. Just use 'mcedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf'

If you have a xorg.conf that you want to continue using (rather than having porteus make a new one on reboot), then you need to store your new xorg.conf with the changes= cheatcode, put it in your rootcopy (/porteus/rootcopy/etc/X11/xorg.conf) or build a module for it:

mkdir p /tmp/newmodule/etc/X11/
cp xorg.conf /tmp/newmodule/etc/X11/
dir2xzm /tmp/newmodule /tmp/customxorg.xzm
cp /tmp/customxorg.xzm /mnt/sdXN/porteus/modules

AND

remove xconf from your APPEND line:

autoexec=xconf; telinit~4 => autoexec=telinit~4

autoexecuting xconf is what tells porteus to configure xorg while it's booting up.
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Re: Driver Support for VIA VT1632A Video Card

Post#11 by MasterSplinter » 25 May 2011, 20:52

Blaze wrote:MasterSplinter, hm... damn :wall:
You can try to convert two deb packages with driver for via from debian repo in xzm format:
xserver-xorg-video-via_0.2.904+svn842-2_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome_0.2.904+svn842-2_i386.deb
and then try to copy these modules to /porteus/modules/
The very first thing I tried was to stop xconf from executing at startup (/boot/porteus.cfg editing KDE only), that way I can observe step-by-step the results of each change. That was successful. The next thing I did was re-do Blaze's steps 1 - 4 (just in-case xorg.conf got modified during that process)...which it apparently didn't. I placed a copy of xorg.conf in the appropriate rootcopy sub-folder. At least now, I am satisfied that I have more control.

With some help, I was able to convert those two .deb files into .xzm files. I had been accustomed to right-clicking on non-porteus packages and left-clicking on "Convert deb to porteus...". The error I got was: "Could not find the program '(/opt/porteus-scripts/deb2sq4'".

I was then instructed to try:

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deb2xzm xserver-xorg-video-openchrome_0.2.904+svn842-2_i386.deb
...which worked like a charm.

I placed both modules in /porteus/modules/ right next to the other ones and rebooted:

/porteus/modules/:
crippled_sources-porteus-v1.0_rc1-x86.xzm
kernel_headers-porteus-v1_rc1-x86.xzm
apr 1.4.2 i486 2.xzm
apr util 1.3.10 i486 1.xzm
subversion 1.6.16 i486 1.xzm
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome_0.2.904+svn842-2_i386.xzm
xserver-xorg-video-via_0.2.904+svn842-2_i386.zxm

Choosing KDE, it booted into a text mode. Startx wouldn't work, so I did a xconf. Startx worked then. I was pleased to see that both monitors were now enabled, but, mirrored, and the display configuration didn't detect multi-displays.

(changed permissions on all .xzm files to -rwxrwxrwx) The earlier 5 modules were already -rwx.

I then tried to remove all modules except (below) and rebooted:
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome_0.2.904+svn842-2_i386.xzm
xserver-xorg-video-via_0.2.904+svn842-2_i386.zxm

Same results. I then renamed my porteus/changes to changes.old2 and rebooted.

Same results. I did discover, however, that I had an issue deleting any of my previous "changes" folders with the error: Could not make folder //.Trash-0/files/changes.old/.wh..wh.plnk.

Posted after 2 hours 18 minutes 20 seconds:
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A Note:

Before I looked into Porteus RC1, I was using Slax 6.1.2... I noticed that Slax detected that there was more than one display in the Display Configuration (an extra tab called Multiple Monitors) ... although it failed to utilize them... among other things, it would only let me have a refresh rate of 60Hz. @ 1600x1050... I think Slax just needed to use some of the drivers you guys have been suggesting.

I am booted into Slax 6.1.2 (at this moment)... I am wondering if the Display Configuration application is different from what Porteus us currently using, how to compare, and use... if possible.

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Re: Driver Support for VIA VT1632A Video Card

Post#12 by Hamza » 26 May 2011, 17:11

I am booted into Slax 6.1.2 (at this moment)... I am wondering if the Display Configuration application is different from what Porteus us currently using, how to compare, and use... if possible.
Porteus x32 using the KDE 3.5.12 Trinity , and Slax 6.1.2 using KDE 3.5.10 , it is not the same version and not the same config "synthax".
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Re: Driver Support for VIA VT1632A Video Card

Post#13 by MasterSplinter » 01 Jun 2011, 12:57

Blaze gave me these links to look at to aid me in dual monitors:

http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.0/doc/html/via.4.html

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=269052

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I would also like to add these links to my thread for xrandr... a possible alternative to getting dual monitors setup.

Hamza provided links:

64bit:
http://pkgs.org/slackware-13.37/slackwa ... 1.txz.html

32bit:
http://pkgs.org/slackware-13.37/slackwa ... 1.txz.html

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Re: Driver Support for VIA VT1632A Video Card

Post#14 by Hamza » 01 Jun 2011, 13:20

These files are only compatible with Porteus v1.0 (32&64).

64bit :
xrandr-1.3.4-x86_64-1

32bit :
xrandr-1.3.4-i486-1
NjVFQzY2Rg==

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Re: Driver Support for VIA VT1632A Video Card

Post#15 by MasterSplinter » 01 Jun 2011, 13:31

Hamza wrote:These files are only compatible with Porteus v1.0 (32&64).

64bit :
xrandr-1.3.4-x86_64-1

32bit :
xrandr-1.3.4-i486-1
Thank you :D

I also want to post this link, which may or may not work in Porteus....lxrandr: it is a small gui for controlling xrandr.

http://intellinuxgraphics.org/dualhead.html

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