M750A module under Linux Limitation

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M750A under Linux Limitation

Driver Support
Kernel
Silicon Motion
Fedora
  • Only monitor displayed, if you select "Onboard" in PnP/PCI Configuration.
  • Only M750A displayed(Clone mode), if you select "PCI Slot" in PnP/PCI Configuration.
  • Can't support "extend mode".
  • Just support different monitors are different tty, and mouse is connected in different monitors.
  • Can't change to console mode.(Both of using Ctrl+Alt+F1~6 to change other tty and using command "init 3" can't change to console mode.)
Ubuntu 10.04
  • no support
  • M750A have to be setup after installing driver.
  • When logging in X window, have to select FailSafe GNOME mode log in after installing M750A and its driver.
  • Can't support "extend mode".
  • Just support different monitors are different tty, and mouse is connected in different monitors.
  • Can't change to console mode.(Both of using Ctrl+Alt+F1~6 to change other tty and using command "init 3" can't change to console mode.)

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The Procedure of Installing M750A's Driver under Fedora12

1.Download and extract xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.3.tar.bz2

$tar -jxvf xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.3.tar.bz2

2.Set BIOS option

PnP/PCI Configuration -> Onboard

3.Install X server driver module's SDK(Package name may be different.)

#yum install xorg-x11-server-devel.i686

4.Make xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.3

#cd xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.3
#./configure
#make
#make install

5.Move binary file

#cp /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/driver/siliconmotion_drv.so /usr/lib/xorg/modules/driver/siliconmotion_drv.so

6.Download and extract xorg.conf.gz, then change xorg.conf

#gzip -d xorg.conf.gz
#mv xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf



The Procedure of Installing M750A's Driver under Ubuntu10.04

1.Download and extract xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.3.tar.gz

$tar -zxvf xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.3.tar.gz

2.Set BIOS option

PnP/PCI Configuration -> Onboard

3.Install X server driver module's SDK(Package name may be different.)

#yum install xserver-xorg-dev

4.Make xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.3

#cd xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.3
#./configure
#make
#make install

5.Move binary file

#cp /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/driver/siliconmotion_drv.so /usr/lib/xorg/modules/driver/siliconmotion_drv.so

6.Download and extract xorg.conf.gz, then change xorg.conf

#gzip -d xorg.conf.gz
#mv xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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