https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63279
Priority: medium Bug ID: 63279 Assignee: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Summary: xf86-video-savage-2.3.6 driver does not work Severity: normal Classification: Unclassified OS: All Reporter: musikolo@hotmail.com Hardware: Other Status: NEW Version: XOrg 6.7.0 Component: General Product: DRI
Hi guys,
I'm writing to you because I have found the latest version of savage driver is not working. The problem is caused because the xxa module is not found and, in turn, DRI support cannot be enabled. In the meantime, I have had no other choice than using vesa driver until the issue is sorted out. I'm using ArchLinux and the maintainer of the package of this driver has told me to contact you to find a solution.
Here you can find: - The content of my Xorg.0.log file: http://pastebin.com/qdp7datT - The thread open to discuss the problem in ArchLinux https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/34527 - And the code to build the package:https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk?h=packages/x...
Any help to solve this issue would be really appreciated.
Best regards, Carlos.
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Musikolo musikolo@hotmail.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hardware|Other |x86 (IA32) OS|All |Linux (All)
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Tormod Volden bugzi11.fdo.tormod@xoxy.net changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- See Also| |https://launchpad.net/bugs/ | |1083032
--- Comment #1 from Tormod Volden bugzi11.fdo.tormod@xoxy.net --- Thanks for your report. This broke in xserver 1.13 and was partly fixed in 1.14. Try Option "AccelMethod" "EXA". A workaround is to turn off acceleration with Option "DisableTile".
See also https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1083032
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--- Comment #2 from Musikolo musikolo@hotmail.com --- Hi Tormod,
Thanks for your prompt response and assistance.
I have tried the suggested options, but I'm still having the same issue, no change at all.
- http://pastebin.com/yAgshj2V
Is there any other work around? When is it expected to have a fix for it?
Regards.
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--- Comment #3 from Tormod Volden bugzi11.fdo.tormod@xoxy.net --- Simply using EXA (and a 1.14 fix backported to 1.13) worked for me. Maybe more is broken in 1.14. What exactly happens in your case? Please be more specific than "does not work".
There is no schedule for such bug fixes, most developers do not care about hardware which is more than a few years old. I will look closer into it sometime in the next weeks, although no guarantees given. There seems to be more continued use of the savage driver than I thought :)
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--- Comment #4 from Musikolo musikolo@hotmail.com --- Created attachment 77694 --> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=77694&action=edit My scrambled screen
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--- Comment #5 from Musikolo musikolo@hotmail.com --- Hi Tormod,
Thanks once again for your prompt response.
When say "it doesn't work", I mean the screen is scrambled and nothing is distinguishable. As the telling goes, a picture is worth more than a thousand words, so please, have a look at the attached picture of the my screen.
Kindly, let me know if there is any patch that can be used to fix this issue.
Best regards, Carlos.
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Tormod Volden bugzi11.fdo.tormod@xoxy.net changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |FIXED Assignee|dri-devel@lists.freedesktop |xorg-team@lists.x.org |.org | QA Contact| |xorg-team@lists.x.org Product|DRI |xorg Version|XOrg 6.7.0 |git Component|General |Driver/savage
--- Comment #6 from Tormod Volden bugzi11.fdo.tormod@xoxy.net --- I have committed a couple of fixes to the savage driver repository. One problem was that the driver, even when built for an xserver without XAA support, would internally default to XAA instead of EXA nonetheless. Secondly there was an EXA function that needed an update for recent xservers.
This works well for me. The only issue I see now is that console switching does not work, the text consoles are unusable. But I am not sure this is savage-specific since for instance the vesa driver locks up the machine completely if I try to switch consoles.
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