Modular X, dri and the savage driver [solved]

dmvianna · Last edited by dmvianna on Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:15 pm; edited 1 time in total

Just installed xorg-x11-7.0-r1! First off, it wouldn't compile the savage driver. Then with USE="-savage vesa" it did the trick. Then later I compiled xf86-video-savage-2.0.2.3 and xorg-x11 with USE="savage vesa", and voilà! Savage works. But no dri.

/var/log/Xorg.1.log:

dmvianna · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:15 pm Post subject:

I'm running 2.6.15-suspend2-r6, and installed http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots/common-20060206-linux.i386.tar.bz2 and http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots/savage-20060206-linux.i386.tar.bz2. Then did

gabkdlly · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:43 pm Post subject:

I got my DRI to work by compiling the savage module that came with the 2.6.15-gentoo-r5 kernel.

dmvianna · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:51 pm Post subject:

gabkdlly: everything works like a charm here. But instead of autoloading

dark.elixir · n00b Joined: 03 Jan 2005 Posts: 13

I had the same problem. I managed to install Modular Xorg with the "dri" flag enabled. The "savage" driver was compiled with dri support and a "savage.ko" kernel module was loaded everytime I started Xorg. But this module wasn't compiled from the KERNEL and I'm pretty sure of that, since I know the Savage Kernel Module that comes with the Kernel source is PRETTY old.

But since I reinstalled my kernel, the module is gone. I know I can install the module that comes with the kernel source, but it is PRETTY OLD!! and I want to install the module that came with the new Modular Xorg. Any ideas?

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-449718.html

dmvianna · Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:14 pm Post subject:

Well, you can either use the Kernel driver or the dri.freedesktop.org snapshots, as I mentioned before. I reckon xorg-x11 won't have everything you need. Correct me if I'm wrong.

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dark.elixir · n00b Joined: 03 Jan 2005 Posts: 13

Yo know what? I think you're right, Since the last kernel is still installed I found out that both modules dri.ko and savage.ko where inside /lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo.elixir/x11-drm. Which is the directory used by the DRI snapshot which I installed some months ago.

But what shold I do?

1. Should I use the Kernel Module available in the Kernel Source? (2.6.16-r1)
2. Should I download a DRI snapshot which is already compiled and will also overwrite the Xorg drivers? (I mean /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/savage_dri.so and /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/savage_drv.so)

Thanks for the help.

dmvianna · Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:54 pm Post subject:

It depends of how much hassle can you stand. Snapshots rarely did work for me in the 6.8.x days, and they're obviously not as stable as the kernel source drivers. In order to know which snapshot version does work in your system, you might have to test many. I used to do that before the xorg-6.9/7.0 driver came to be that perfection. So no more adventures for me.

And of course, it might do good to check what xorg modules versions the folks at dri.freedesktop.org are using, or you might end up testing uncompatible stuff. Given that now xorg has many building blocks which have independent versioning, this will give you an extra level of difficulty.

Short answer: use the kernel driver. :wink:

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dark.elixir · n00b Joined: 03 Jan 2005 Posts: 13

Well, I've just installed the latest snapshot "savage-20060330-linux.i386.tar.bz2" and it worked pretty well. If I find any problem I'll use the module provided by the kernel anyway.

By the way:

dmvianna · Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:49 pm Post subject:

hoyanf · Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 6:51 pm Post subject:

Got mine working here too...

my glxinfo :-
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2

my glxgears:-
1035 frames in 5.0 seconds = 206.990 FPS
1020 frames in 5.0 seconds = 203.927 FPS
1019 frames in 5.0 seconds = 203.534 FPS
1018 frames in 5.0 seconds = 203.449 FPS
1016 frames in 5.0 seconds = 203.020 FPS

my xorg.conf :-
Option "BusType" "AGP"
Option "HWCursor" "True"
# Option "NoAccel" "False"
# Option "LCDClock" "14.318mhz"
Option "UseBIOS" "False"
Option "AGPMode" "4"
Option "AGPSize" "16"
Option "DmaMode" "Any"
Option "DmaType" "AGP"

Identifier "Card0"
Driver "savage"
VendorName "S3 Inc."
BoardName "VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"

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vitamin · n00b Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 37

I'm sorry that I post a new reply to this topic when it's solved already but there's one thing I don't get it. I got Savage IX (IBM ThinkPad T22) and I'm running xorg 7.0 and no-sources-2.6.17-rc3-no2 (I got dri module compiled as a kernel module - I've never tried these snapshots from dri.freedesktop.org). And the problem is that I can't get this Savage card to run as AGP card - I mean these options in xorg.conf file. When I set e.g:
Option "DmaMode" "None"
Option "DmaType" "AGP"
then glxgears won't even run - I got only a message 'killed' and that's all. And glxinfo is saying me that dri is enabled but can't find neither .drirc nor /etc/drirc :roll:

But when I set this card as a PCI card (by adding BusID "PCI:1:0:0" and commenting the above options) then everything is fine - glxgears gives me some lousy 240FPS

Can anyone help me with setting this card as a AGP card and make glxgears rolling fast as hell.
I'll be grateful for any help.

Kimmo_S · n00b Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 45

Please give me step by step instructions here. How do I get Savage and DRI working at all with Thinkpad T22?

The card is Savage/IX-MV, not any super or any other savage.

1. Should I enable or disable DRM in kernel 2.6.16 config?
2. Should I enable or disable Savage DRM driver in kernel config?
3. Should I use x11-drm or not? The newest version seems to be 20051223
4. Should I use dri.freedesktop.org snapshots?
5. Which date / version of the Freedesktop snapshots?
6. Btw. has the development stopped, since 20060403 is the newest set of snapshots?

7. I should configure it to use the card via PCI, am I correct?
8. What else should I take into account?

This far all I've got is either no acceleration, lockups on X startup, lockups on running a program, or software rendering.

bjd · Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 2:43 pm Post subject:

Kimmo_S · n00b Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 45

Amaziwonderfantafulltasticing, I got it working and have some 390fps in glxgears.

No DRM in kernel, x11-drm version 20051223, Device section below. Not sure which lines are necessary. First problem if I change anything is that glxgears will hard-lock the whole machine.

Section "Device"
Identifier "Savaagi"
Driver "savage"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
VideoRam 8192
Option "DmaMode" "None"
Option "ForcePCImode"
Option "BusType" "PCI"
Option "sw cursor" "on"
EndSection

bjd · Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 7:07 pm Post subject:

Just checked, I too have the 20051223 version of x11-drm, no DRM in the kernel, and a similar xorg.conf. In case it helps anyone else heres mine:

lunchlady55 · n00b Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Posts: 12

I'm using an IBM Thinkpad T20, with an 8MB Savage/IX.
Even with the DRI successfully loaded, I get the following error: