[Savage40] S3 Savage Pro+ on Debian Sarge (Stable)

[Alex Deucher]

--- richard <richard at tollyboy.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> new to the group and pretty new to Linux too.
> I have just put a new graphics card in the computer as the old one
> died but am 
> having great problems configuring it. Any suggestions would be
> welcome. 
> Following is information on the system and the current  config files.
> I would 
> be prepared to change XFree for Xorg if that is what it takes but it
> seems to 
> be non trivial so may need a little help.
> 
> Thanks for any help you can give.
> 
> 
> Debian runs XFree86 4.3.0 not Xorg
> this version of XFree comes with the savage driver 1.1.27t Savage
> driver
> After a great deal of editing I have manage to get it working at
> 1600x1200 24 
> bit colour but I cannot get acceleration working on this card.
> Glxgears shows 
> 70 fps. 
> 

You need at least Xorg 6.9 or newer to get 3D acceleration.  Xfree86
4.3.0 is WAY too old.

Alex

> 
> Card is a PC,I Diamond, Stealth III S540 with 32MB
> 
> cat /proc/pci 
> Bus  0, device  13, function  0:
>     VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. Savage 4 (rev 4).
>       IRQ 17.
>       Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=255.
>       Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfe000000 [0xfe07ffff].
>       Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe8000000 [0xefffffff].
> 
> Computer is Intel PIII 800 coppermine.
> 


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