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Bug 75163 - xorg-x11: savage kernel module?
Summary: xorg-x11: savage kernel module?
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Unspecified (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo X packagers
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Reported: 2004-12-21 04:00 UTC by Carsten Milkau
Modified: 2004-12-21 09:52 UTC (History)
0 users

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Attachments
Output of glxinfo (glxinfo,3.75 KB, text/plain)
2004-12-21 04:06 UTC, Carsten Milkau
Details
X11 logfile (Xorg.0.log,30.31 KB, text/plain)
2004-12-21 04:07 UTC, Carsten Milkau
Details
X11 configuration (xorg.conf,14.66 KB, text/plain)
2004-12-21 04:08 UTC, Carsten Milkau
Details
kernel config (2.6.8.1) (.config,25.64 KB, text/plain)
2004-12-21 04:08 UTC, Carsten Milkau
Details

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Description Carsten Milkau 2004-12-21 04:00:31 UTC
Hi,

 when USE="insecure-drivers" is set, the xorg-x11 ebuild installs a development 
dri driver for (some) savage-based video cards. However, this driver does not 
work on my system yet. I found a guide [guide] and installed the kernel module 
mentioned there.

(1) *Feature-Request* Maybe future ebuilds could install that kernel module so 
that there won't be additional work necessary after each X11 update?
(2) It still doesn't work. X11 starts, but glxinfo[glxinfo]/xdriinfo say there 
is no direct rendering available.

I checked those things:

o The DRI driver supports my chipset [chipset]
o The DRI driver is installed in the correct location 
  (/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/savage_dri.o)
o The X server uses the correct configuration file [Xorg.0.log]
o The X.org configuration file [xorg.conf] enables glx and dri extensions and 
  sets 0666 permissions to dri
o The X.org log files [Xorg.0.log] show both extensions and the savage driver
  to be loaded without errors
o the kernel is configured for drm [.config] and the savage.ko module is loaded
  (lsmod) without problems [dmesgSavage]

[guide] http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/168951
[chipset]
  0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. VT8636A [ProSavage KN133] AGP4XVGA Controller (TwisterK) (rev 01)
[dmesgSavage]
  savage: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones
  [drm] Initialized savage 1.0.0 20011023 on minor 0: S3 Inc. VT8636A [ProSavage KN133] AGP4X VGA Controller (TwisterK)

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1 Carsten Milkau 2004-12-21 04:03:25 UTC
Some versions:
[ebuild   R   ] sys-kernel/development-sources-2.6.9  -build -doc 0 kB
[ebuild   R   ] x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.0-r3  +3dfx +3dnow +bitmap-fonts -cjk -debug +dlloader -dmx -doc -hardened +insecure-drivers -ipv6 +mmx +nls +pam -sdk +sse -static -xprint 0 kB
[ebuild   R   ] x11-base/opengl-update-1.8.2  0 kB
Comment 2 Carsten Milkau 2004-12-21 04:06:07 UTC
Created attachment 46532 [details]
Output of glxinfo
Comment 3 Carsten Milkau 2004-12-21 04:07:24 UTC
Created attachment 46533 [details]
X11 logfile
Comment 4 Carsten Milkau 2004-12-21 04:08:09 UTC
Created attachment 46534 [details]
X11 configuration
Comment 5 Carsten Milkau 2004-12-21 04:08:58 UTC
Created attachment 46535 [details]
kernel config (2.6.8.1)
Comment 6 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-12-21 09:52:35 UTC
Can't do the feature request, because it could conflict with a kernel-provided DRM. Would cause more trouble than it's worth.

And I'm sorry, but we don't provide support on Bugzilla. Try something like:

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=147440
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=46681
http://dri.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/DriTroubleshooting

If it still doesn't work when you're absolutely sure it should be working in this release, you can (1) test 6.8.1.901 and (2) file a bug at bugs.freedesktop.org.