[Savage40] DRI on Savage/IX-MV

[Alex Deucher]

--- David Jaša <jasa.david at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> I'm using HP Omiboox XE3 with this card:
> 0000:01:01.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86C270-294
> Savage/IX-MV (rev 13)
> and I'd like to get DRI working - I've found this email
> http://probo.probo.com/pipermail/savage40/2004-March/000056.html
> 
> reporting success with similar card. I have compiled a new 2.6.14
> kernel
> with savage module enabled and then set up to load while booting.
> dmesg
> reports this:
> [drm] Initialized drm 1.0.0 20040925
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:01.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level,
> low) -> IRQ 11
> mtrr: 0xf0000000,0x1000000 overlaps existing 0xf0000000,0x800000
> mtrr: 0xf0000000,0x1000000 overlaps existing 0xf0000000,0x800000
> mtrr: base(0xf2000000) is not aligned on a size(0x5000000) boundary
> [drm] Initialized savage 2.4.1 20050313 on minor 0:
> 
> and /dev/dri/card0 is automatically created:
> # ll /dev/dri/card0
> crw-rw----  1 root video 226, 0 Dec 17 15:16 /dev/dri/card0
> 
> but X isn't conscious of it - not even a line about DRI in it's log.
> I'm using stock
> X.org 6.8.2 on Ubuntu Breezy.
> 
> I'm also confused by driver versions - is in X.org that accelerating
> one or
> I have to download & compile another one?
> 

your X server is too old (the savage driver in 6.8.x wasn't DRI aware)
and you probably need to install the savage 3D library.  you need xorg
from cvs or the xorg 6.9/7.0 when it is released later this month. 
either grab the binary snapshots:
http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Download#head-55420c59a1c2e9a70f07a6fa02f0d228ffb87b76
or build xorg/mesa/drm yourself:
http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Building

Alex

> Thanks a lot for any help.
> 
> David Jaša



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