CompileSourceHowTo

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Install via source drivers

Synopsis: Once installed, You can watch hardware scaled video. Something I was unable to do using the vesa drivers. Running two+ videos simultaneously still does not work. But overall desktop performance is much better than previous drivers or the vesa drivers. I am not sure of the current status of 3d integration....

Note: Some sections (installs) require root access (sudo)

Install required packages:

(Others would be better at determining exactly which packages are required)

  • sudo apt-get install subversion build-essential automake1.9 libtool pkg-config xserver-xorg-dev libxvmc-dev x11proto-gl-dev libglu1-mesa-dev autoconf libdrm2 libdrm-dev mesa-common-dev gettext libxinerama-dev x11proto-xf86dri-dev xutils-dev

Suggested packages: (Some removed)

  • sudo apt-get install autoconf2.13 autoconf-archive gnu-standards autoconf-doc automake1.9-doc libtool-doc gcj

  • sudo apt-get install automake

Get the source ready

Download via-xserver-86a-50283_src.tgz from http://linux.via.com.tw/

Unpack the archive

  • bunzip2 -c via-xserver-86a-50283_src.tgz | tar x

Ensure full directory path contains no spaces.

Compile the XServer drivers

  • Read the README and follow to compile & install

Compile the DRM kernel module

  • Read the README and follow to compile & install

Fix the vinst process

copy compiled files to ...XServer/Misc/bin for vinst_ubuntu

  • copy the just compiled kernel module

    DRM/H5DRM_Independent_2.6.27_28/via_chrome9.ko ---> ...XServer/Misc/bin copy the just compiled X driver

    XServer/src/.libs/via_drv.so ---> ...XServer/Misc/bin Notes (3d section) We can't copy via_chrome9_dri.so (No 3d drivers) We can't copy libGL.so.1.2 (Sourced elsewhere)

Do the install

Run the vinst_ubuntu script

add/modify entries in /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "Device"

EndSection

Fixup libGL.so.1

My libGL.so.1.2 seems to come from libgl1-mesa-glx, You may need to install this package. I had to add a link for libGL.so.1 to enable X11/Xv playback in mplayer.

  • sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 sudo ldconfig

Hold your breath and reboot! (or restart X)

Credits

Thanks to the people in this thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7887317