mouse hangs under X on Savage/MX

[Radu Muschevici <grinsefisch@gmx.ch>]

I installed Debian/testing on my Asus L8400K notebook with a S3 savage MX
graphics chip. I am using Xfree 4.0.2 and the latest savage driver module
1.1.15 from http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html .

Very often, the mouse pointer just freezes while moving.
Unfreezing is possible by opening a new window (via keyboard shortcut),
but it is very anoying and makes working under X impossible.

I tried "NoAccel", "SWCursor", "ShadowStatus" options with no success.

I tried also two flavors of the SVGA server for XFree 3.3.6,
namely the one from S3's drivers site and the one from
http://www.probo.com/timr/savagemx.html .
In both cases I experience the same freezes.

I wonder if this is a known issue and has somebody a suggestion how
to get rid of this?

thanks,
Radu


this is my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 :


# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by Dexconf, the
# Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config manual page.
# (Type "man XF86Config" at the shell prompt.)

Section "Files"
	FontPath	"unix/:7100"			# local font server
	# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load	"ddc"
	Load	"GLcore"
	Load	"dbe"
	Load	"dri"
	Load	"extmod"
	Load	"glx"
	Load	"pex5"
	Load	"record"
	Load	"xie"
	Load	"bitmap"
	Load	"freetype"
	Load	"speedo"
	Load	"type1"
	Load	"vbe"
	Load	"int10"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"keyboard"
	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xfree86"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc104"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/psaux"
	Option		"Protocol"		"PS/2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
EndSection

#Section "InputDevice"
#	Identifier	"Generic Mouse"
#	Driver		"mouse"	Option		"SendCoreEvents"	"true"	
#	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
#	Option		"Protocol"		"ImPS/2"	
#	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
#	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
#EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Generic Video Card"
	Driver		"savage"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Generic Monitor"
	HorizSync	30-70
	VertRefresh	50-70
	Option		"DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"Generic Video Card"
	Monitor		"Generic Monitor"
#	Option		"NoAccel"
#	Option		"SWCursor"
#	Option		"shadowFB"
#	Option		"Rotate" "CW"
#	Option		"Rotate" "CCW"
#	Option		"UseBIOS" "off"
#	Option		"UseBIOS" "on"
#	Option		"ShadowStatus"
#	Option		"LCDClock" "100MHz"

	DefaultDepth	16
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		1
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		4
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		8
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		15
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1024x768"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	Screen		"Default Screen"
	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"
	InputDevice	"Configured Mouse"
#	InputDevice	"Generic Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode	0666
EndSection

# end of XF86Config