[conspire] New guest at CABAL, this Saturday: MythTV, Bluetooth, video, TV

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

Peter Knaggs <peter.knaggs <at> gmail.com> writes:

> > From: Alon Gotesman <gotesman <at> gmail.com>
> >
> > My box is modestly equipped:
> >
> >  Sempron 3100+
> >  256 MB DDR SDRAM
> >  Integrate S3 Unichrome Graphics
> 
> Does this work with the "savage" driver?
> I don't have much experience with S3, only have one laptop which
> has an S3 card, but I was amazed that it works so well (even 3D works)
> with Ubuntu Dapper Drake LTS:
>   
http://www.penlug.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/LinuxHardwareInfoToshibaTecra9000
> But unfortunately, with Feisty Fawn, 3D doesn't work, so I'd really 
recommend
> trying Dapper Drake if your primary video is this kind of S3 card.

First of all, the "savage" driver did not work in Dapper Drake, either. Gutsy 
Gibbon promises to fix that, but I have my doubts. Second, Unichrome chipsets 
do not use that driver. There are three free drivers for it to choose from: 
via, unichrome, and openchrome. For MythTV, openchrome is the one you want.