Re: [gNewSense-art] SiliconMotion driver on Yeeloong

[Karl Goetz]

Possibly a big late, but you should send these sort of emails to the user 
support list. You are more likely to get technical responses there.
Thanks,
Kk

t s <address@hidden> wrote:

>gNewSense 3 on Yeelong and external VGA 
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>
>Hi, I'm testing gNewSense 3 on a Yeeloong Laptop. I am trying to get the 
>external VGA working correctly but it is blurry. I need a big screen because I 
>am doing some teaching tomorrow.
>
>I have looked at these instructions:
>http://octavio.gnu.org.ve/wiki/doku.php?id=loonuxrepos
>
>I couldn't follow the instructions properly, I wasn't sure if I should comment 
>out the lines in
>/et/apt/source.list . But I have undone the damage and my machine is fine.
>
>
>So now I am looking at the Chinese instructions for Loonux. I have attempted 
>to tanslate it by guessing!
>http://www.lemote.com/dev/down/2010/0326/150.html
>
>
>Translation of Chinese instructions for Loonux 
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>
>1. apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion
>2. Download the deb
>http://dev.lemote.com/debian-loongson/pool/main/x/xserver/xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion_2.2.8-lemote.r03_mipsel.deb
>3. Unpack it and install it
>dpkg -i xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion_2.2.8-lemote.r03_mipsel.deb
>4. Configure /etc/xorg.conf . Change two sections like this:
>
>Put this in Section "Device":
>
>Option      "CloneMode" "true"
>
>Put this in Section "Screen":
>
>SubSection "Display"
>#    Viewport 0 0
>      Depth 16
>      modes "address@hidden"
>#    modes "address@hidden"
>#    modes "address@hidden"
>#    modes "address@hidden"
>EndSubSection
>
>
>5. Run xrandr
>xrandr --output default --mode 1024x600 --rate 60
>
>6. Restart kde
>/etc/init.d/kdm restart
>
>7. Then there is another change to /etc/xorg.conf
>
>Put this under Section "Device
>
>Option FastXv "true"
>Option FastXvLevel "1"
>
>
>
>
>Question
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>Am I going in the right direction with this? Can you offer any tips?
>gNewSense 3 does not have an /etc/xorg.conf file, do you have a working one?
>
>Cheers Tirath
>
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