Re: xserver-xorg: recent upgrade blowed out my X server
On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 16:30:26 +0100, Raffaele Morelli wrote:
> I use the exact same card.
> >Under the Section "Device", change the driver from "s3" to "savage"
> >
> >The modified Section "Device" should look like this:
> >
> >Section "Device"
> > Identifier "S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]"
> > Driver "savage"
> > BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> >EndSection
> >
> >
> >Hope it helps
>
>
> I tried this, but with this driver I obtain a
>
> Fatal: Module savage not found
> [drm] failed to load kernel module "savage"
>
> but why the everything was fine before? Do you think some package upgrade
> could burst my kernel modules?
> I tried out with "modconf" and "modprobe savage" but none savage module was
> found...
>
> I am actually recompiling the kernel, but my config file still include drm
> modules.
> Any other suggestion?
For the savage kernel module you need
CONFIG_DRM_SAVAGE=m
when you compile your kernel. (In menuconfig it is Device Drivers >
Character Devices > Direct Rendering Manager > Savage Video Cards.)
The second thing that is necessary is the savage module from xorg:
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/savage_drv.so
This is included in the package xserver-xorg-video-savage.
I am not sure why your xorg.config with the "s3" driver does not work
anymore. I think the old s3 driver has now been split into "s3",
"savage" and "s3virge". The new "s3" driver seems to be for legacy cards
only; all newer cards are supported by "savage".
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Regards,
Florian
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