Hello Ron,
first my *unchanged* 2177 already worked in the console, but did make it into X; it reported:
VIA(0): Bad V-BIOS checksum.
Chris Suehs then responded to me off-list (Thanks Chris!): --- I have had the same problem for the via X driver. There is a failure in the LinuxBios Code for newer Epia M
The vga bios section is not write protected, because the protection failt for a false Device ID
You should try to change the code to the right ID in mainboard.c for the Epia to 3122 in the write_protect_vgabios function
regards chris ---
So I tried again with 2184 and this single change and it worked; I get into my X server without a hiss now.
ron minnich wrote:
This is intriguing.
dev = dev_find_device(PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA, 0x3123, 0);
dev = dev_find_device(PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA, 0x3122, 0);I think what this means is that we need a new mainboard directory. can you give me more info about the exact mainboard.
Another option, is to do something like tihs: dev = dev_find_device(PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA, 0x3123, 0); if (! dev) dev = dev_find_device(PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA, 0x3122, 0);
or some such. But if you could tell us the exact vendor etc. that would be good to know.
Ron, what exactly do you want to know further than this?
VIA EPIA-M10000, PCB revision.B
I could output lspci -vv or so if that helps?
Regards,
Leon Woestenberg.