How to make a .ebuild file in to a functioning driver?

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Hello all

My laptop has a really old chipset (VIA PN 800) and the only graphics driver for a modern OS is the Unichrome project, which gives me the driver in a .ebuild file. What I need to do is turn the .ebuild into a functioning driver, but I have no idea and google isn't helping. Turning it into a .deb would be preferred as it makes it easier to add it to the startup programs.

Specs:
Elementary OS luna
Pentium m 1.7 (single core)
2GBs RAM
VIA PN 800
S3 chrome pro
40 GB IDE HDD

If you need anymore info just say.

Any help would be apriciated.

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That is a Gentoo specific package. I would hunt down the source code, cd in to the src directory and run make.

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http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/saucy/man4/openchrome.4.html

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The manpage is a start, I've got that code, now what do I do with it?

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The manpage is a start, I've got that code, now how do I do i turn it in to a driver?

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cd /pathtodirectory/src
make
make install

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https://wiki.freedesktop.org/www/Openchrome/Installation/

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I can cd to where the file is but i can't do it with the src on the end of of the directory and if I try to do make I get the error "make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop."

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"Ubuntu
Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy and newer includes and uses OpenChrome by default.
http://gamesplace.info/opensource/openchrome/dapper-binaries/ (Dapper)"

It should be there by default already.

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^That link should help for the future.

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The link is broken.

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The one Eden posted? It works for me. The driver should be there all ready

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no the one you posted. I can look a the one Eden posted.

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What I posted was a qoute from Edens link. Like I said, the driver is already there. No need to install it

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If it is installed then I don't think it is working.

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why? What's not working as it should?

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Try Vanilla Ubuntu and then installing Pantheon.

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Oh and Freya is out. You could try that.

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it didn't work with luna and it doesn't work with freya, which I just installed. Installing stuff is a pain because it doesn't boot from USB. I still have win XP on the laptop and the graphics work but it has a driver from a manufacturer.

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I'm sorry, but I can't really help you further. Have you tried another distro such as Linux Mint or X Ubuntu? OpenSUSE is a good choice as well because it supports a ton of hardware.