Unichrome RPM Packages

Terry Barnaby - BEAM Ltd

2005-06-10

Introduction

The Unichrome Project provides open source X-Windows support for the VIA/S3G Unichrome graphics controller. These controllers are found in the VIA Technologies CLE266, KM400/KN400, K8M800 and PM800/CN400 northbridges. My particular interest in the Via M10000 platform.

This web page provides some information and links to some RPM packages that I have created, for my own use, to provide Unichrome drivers for the Fedora Linux distribution. The Unichrome drivers and the Kernel DRM are in a state of heavy development at the moment. This can make it difficult for new users to get a Fedora system up and running with the Unichrome driver set. The RPM's below are "quick and dirty" RPM's. They just provide the necessary Unichrome bits on top of an existing Fedora installation. This make them quite small to download and install.

These RPM's proved a basic snapshot of the Unichrome and DRM drivers. As stated earlier they are under heavy development and so you may need to compile and install CVS versions to fix bugs on your system. They are provided on a "use at your own risk" basis. The Unichrome and DRI developers are working hard to get this code into the standard Linux releases, so these RPM's will become un-necessary for Fedora.

Drivers and information for Fedora Core Releases

Extra information

Web Sites for Sources

Unichrome Graphics driver development
http://unichrome.sourceforge.net/
DRI Web site
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dri/