Public bug reported: I'm working on an i686 machine with a VIA C7-D processor and VIA PM400 graphics chipset. The machine runs Wily (15.10). The machine is available at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AXR2KBQ.
Xserver crashes at boot because the downlevel driver does not handle the PM400 chipset very well. The Free Desktop folks are aware of the issue, and Kev Brace of the OpenChrome project fixed the driver. Freedesktop announced the availability of OpenChrome Version 0.3.4 (http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2016/02/msg00114.html). I confirmed the fix on this machine with Wily (15.10) by manually installing the patch (http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/openchrome- users/2016-February/007234.html). The updated OpenChrome 0.3.4 driver was taken by Debian at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=814682. The updated OpenChrome 0.3.4 driver is not yet available in Ubuntu. Please pick-up the updated OpenChrome 0.3.4 driver. ********** Apt-cahce does not show the updated OpenChrome 0.3.4 driver available, even with -proposed enabled: $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list | tail -2 # Added by JW 22-FEB-2016 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-proposed restricted main multiverse universe And: # There are 5 hits for '0.3.3' $ sudo grep -R 'xserver-xorg-video-openchrome' /var/lib/apt/ | grep '0.3.4' $ And: $ apt-cache show xserver-xorg-video-openchrome Package: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome Priority: optional Section: x11 Installed-Size: 512 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force <debia...@lists.debian.org> Architecture: i386 Version: 1:0.3.3-1ubuntu1.1 Provides: xorg-driver-video Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libdrm2 (>= 2.3.1), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.4.99.1), libxext6, libxv1, libxvmc1, xorg-video-abi-19, xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.16.99.901) Filename: pool/main/x/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome_0.3.3-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb Size: 146542 MD5sum: 4f84a91f1ec397cc1c16a6192eafb365 SHA1: 5857662e28d9b4e3a9a9e93779603fbdd0c7d7a1 SHA256: db437789f8a3268c5d2aa678ff09f18dce149f92d39de1d04bab2fd7d7855221 Description-en: X.Org X server -- VIA display driver OpenChrome is a project for the development of free and open-source drivers for the VIA UniChrome video chipsets. . Originally called the 'snapshot' release, since it was a snapshot of an experimental branch of the unichrome cvs code, this is a continued development of the open source unichrome driver (from http://unichrome.sf.net) which also incorporates support for the unichrome-pro chipsets. . Support for hardware acceleration (XvMC) for all chipsets has subsequently been ripped out of the unichrome.sf.net driver. Therefore your only option if you wish to make use of the acceleration features of your VIA chip with free and open-source drivers is to use this version of the driver. Description-md5: 11d4a7275218ad33ccc6479463963d83 Homepage: http://www.openchrome.org Bugs: http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Origin: Ubuntu Supported: 9m Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-next, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop Package: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome Priority: optional Section: x11 Installed-Size: 554 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force <debia...@lists.debian.org> Architecture: i386 Version: 1:0.3.3-1ubuntu1 Provides: xorg-driver-video Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libdrm2 (>= 2.3.1), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.4.99.1), libxext6, libxv1, libxvmc1, xorg-video-abi-19, xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.16.99.901) Filename: pool/main/x/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome_0.3.3-1ubuntu1_i386.deb Size: 146142 MD5sum: 47e50d9f97a95afed631ddfa9a5cbcfa SHA1: 9ab9958adedd21f72beedb43fee529f1c9083836 SHA256: 643c272756de11bac8d5aa50a0b5b2c689b54bea6d615e6c0e4a734a4eb5324b Description-en: X.Org X server -- VIA display driver OpenChrome is a project for the development of free and open-source drivers for the VIA UniChrome video chipsets. . Originally called the 'snapshot' release, since it was a snapshot of an experimental branch of the unichrome cvs code, this is a continued development of the open source unichrome driver (from http://unichrome.sf.net) which also incorporates support for the unichrome-pro chipsets. . Support for hardware acceleration (XvMC) for all chipsets has subsequently been ripped out of the unichrome.sf.net driver. Therefore your only option if you wish to make use of the acceleration features of your VIA chip with free and open-source drivers is to use this version of the driver. Description-md5: 11d4a7275218ad33ccc6479463963d83 Homepage: http://www.openchrome.org Bugs: http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Origin: Ubuntu Supported: 9m Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-next, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop ********** Here's a related bug, before things were sorted out and an updated driver was made available: http://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1540774. If Ubuntu picks up the OpenChrome 0.3.4 driver, then the 1540774 bug should be closed. ** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1561275 Title: Crash in Xserver due to VIA PM400 chipset, updated OpenChrome driver available To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/+bug/1561275/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
