Cyrix video chip driver ... what provides?

[Dave Stevens]

Quoting "Brunner, Brian T." <BBrunner at gai-tronics.com>:

>
> 3rd call for anybody with knowledge:

you might want to ask at one of the Phoronix (.com) forums, they are  
very knowledgable about video issues.

Dave

>
> Video driver module 'cyrix' not found; who's got one for this
> Jumptec/Kontron ETX format SBC?
>
> Without one I'm stuck with a very slow speed bootup, and a very slow
> running system.
>
> I upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10
>
> CPU is a single-board ETX-format tiny little thing for embedded work.
>
> PROBLEM: runs in low graphics mode only, and very slowly, complining
> that module cyrix is not found nor installed.
> Sudo apt-get install \*cyrix\* doesn't help.
>
> Dmesg has an interesting line: "Working around Cyrix MediaGX Virtual DMA
> bugs".
>
> cat /proc/cpuinfo gives
>
> Processor : 0
> Vendor_Id : CyrixInstead
> Cpu family : 5
> Model : 9
> Model name : Geode (tm) integrated processor by National Semi
> Stepping :2
> cpu MHz : 267.270
> Cache size : 16KB
>
> I suppose nothing else influences the answer to the question: Where is
> the video driver for this, meaning what should I apg-get install?
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