[Bug 63279] New: xf86-video-savage-2.3.6 driver does not work

[Bug 63279] New: xf86-video-savage-2.3.6 driver does not work

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          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/xf86-video-savage

Any help to solve this issue would be really appreciated.

Best regards,
Carlos.

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[Bug 63279] xf86-video-savage-2.3.6 driver does not work

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Musikolo <musikolo@hotmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Hardware|Other                       |x86 (IA32)
                 OS|All                         |Linux (All)

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[Bug 63279] xf86-video-savage-2.3.6 driver does not work

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Tormod Volden <bugzi11.fdo.tormod@xoxy.net> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           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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[Bug 63279] xf86-video-savage-2.3.6 driver does not work

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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
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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
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             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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