Re: mouse hangs under X on Savage/MX
Hi,
FWIW, I'm using the exact same setup (debian unstable + XFree 4.02 + latest
savage drivers) on a Toshiba Tecta 8100, and I have had no problems. This
laptop also has the Savage MX chip.
Rich
On Saturday 05 May 2001 16:05, Radu Muschevici wrote:
> 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
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