Video drivers and VESA driver don't work with VIA K8N800 video chipset

[zaranthos]

The video driver for the VIA K8N800 chipset isn't working and the VESA modes also fail to work on an ECS 536 laptop. Updating the BIOS to the latest version didn't help. The video driver loads but displays garbage graphics on the screen. In vesa modes the Haiku logo seems to display in different modes until about the time Tracker loads and then the screen goes black. None of the vesa modes work correctly.

Full laptop specs can be found here: http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?detailid=520&CategoryID=3&DetailName=Specification&MenuID=59&LanID=0

[korli]

Could you try to activate debug console output and take some pictures of each screen ?

[axeld]

Have you tried to enable "Use fail-safe video mode" from the safe-mode boot menu?

[axeld]

The problem might be gone with r24620 - I've removed the VIA driver for now.

[zaranthos]

syslogs and video dumps

[zaranthos]

I've enabled syslog (no serial port for serial debugging. Does it work via USB?). I copied the via.settings file from Zeta to Haiku to capture logging and dump the video ROM file also in case that's useful. I have a few syslogs with different options in case that helps. I'll attach the file with logs and ROM dump.

[zaranthos]

Tried r24609 (have to wait for the next nightly build for 24620) and fail safe video works. I did fail safe video plus VESA 1024x768 and it worked! That's not how any other version of BeOS works though since I was always able to just select the VESA mode I wanted without setting fail safe video. DHCP doesn't work with the network chipset and I can't tell if static works yet since there is no web browser. The sound isn't working either. Hopefully some of this info is helpful. :)

[korli]

Reassigning to Rudolf in case he has an idea.