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Onboard "VIA K8M800" graphic card - machine hangs with any 3D app in full-screen mode

Bug #57062 reported by Andy
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I've just installed Ubuntu 6.06 on a new PC based around the Gigabyte GA-k8VM800M motherboard. This has a built-in graphic card which the manual describes as "VIA K8M800".

Whenever I try to run a "3D" app in full-screen mode the entire machine hangs completely. (So it looks like maybe a MESA problem?) The way forward is to press the reset button.

Tags: 3d crash hang mesa
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Andy (shadowfirebird) wrote :

Found this web page which seems to have a bearing on the problem.

<http://www.leenooks.com/VIA+Unichrome+on+amd64+(K8M800)>

It appears that I +may+ have a driver that +may+ help but I'm afraid I don't know how to tell what driver I'm currently using...

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Andy (shadowfirebird) wrote :

To my inexpert eye this looks remarkably like this bug:
<https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-via/+bug/43154>

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Andy (shadowfirebird) wrote :

To my way of thinking, the critical thing is not that 3D apps don't work - it's that the machine hangs. Can I stop that happening somehow?

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Jonathan Kyle Mitchell (kmitch87-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Hey Andy,
the problem as I take it is that the VIA K8M800 is a relatively new chipset, and the current via-driver has not been updated to properly support it. I'm not 100% sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if this were due to the via-driver being proprietary and binary-only.

I agree with you, bug #43154 does look very related. So does bug #62093.

Since it appears so many users are experiencing this exact same problem, I'm going to mark this bug as a duplicate of bug #43154 to make life simpler for the bug squashers;) If you like, you can stay subscribed to that bug for any signs of progress. Hopefully a patch will be issued soon.

Cheers and Good Luck!!!

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Gaurish Sharma (gslive) wrote : Re: [Bug 57062] Re: Onboard "VIA K8M800" graphic card - machine hangs with any 3D app in full-screen mode

ya, drivers are avaiable for all distros expect ubuntu at
viaareana.com check it out

On 9/26/06, Kyle Mitchell <email address hidden> wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 43154 ***
>
> Hey Andy,
> the problem as I take it is that the VIA K8M800 is a relatively new chipset,
> and the current via-driver has not been updated to properly support it. I'm
> not 100% sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if this were due to the
> via-driver being proprietary and binary-only.
>
> I agree with you, bug #43154 does look very related. So does bug
> #62093.
>
> Since it appears so many users are experiencing this exact same problem,
> I'm going to mark this bug as a duplicate of bug #43154 to make life
> simpler for the bug squashers;) If you like, you can stay subscribed to
> that bug for any signs of progress. Hopefully a patch will be issued
> soon.
>
> Cheers and Good Luck!!!
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 43154
> computer freezes with some applications using 3D
>
> --
> Onboard "VIA K8M800" graphic card - machine hangs with any 3D app in
> full-screen mode
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/57062
>

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