HOWTO: Enable DRI (3D support) on SAVAGE cards

[keith.burgoyne]

I have the same trouble with Feisty Fawn. 3D worked perfectly in Edgy, but after I did a clean install of Feisty, it seems to have broken.

Here's my xorg.conf file:

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbOptions" "lv3:ralt_switch"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "S3 Inc. SuperSavage IX/C SDR"
Driver "savage"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 28-51
VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "S3 Inc. SuperSavage IX/C SDR"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Also, lspci output:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. SuperSavage IX/C SDR (rev 05)

lsmod | grep savage
savage 34048 1
drm 81044 2 savage

Anyone have any suggestions?

[compartist]

Keith.Burgoyne,

I followed these instructions:

Download this attachment: http://librarian.launchpad.net/7385659/drm.tar.bz2

tar xjvf drm.tar.bz2
cd drm/linux-core/
make DRM_MODULES="savage"
sudo mv /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/kernel/drivers/char/drm/savage.ko /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/kernel/drivers/char/drm/savage.ko.old
sudo mv /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/kernel/drivers/char/drm/drm.ko /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/kernel/drivers/char/drm/drm.ko.old
sudo cp savage.ko /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/kernel/drivers/char/drm/savage.ko
sudo cp drm.ko /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/kernel/drivers/char/drm/drm.ko
sudo depmod -a

After rebooting, "glxinfo | grep direct" reports "direct rendering: Yes".


from here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s....20/+bug/88905

and they really helped me...I hope it helps you too

[ageilers]

Thanks to Compartist, I now have fixed something I did not realize was broken. IBM T23 with supersavage graphics running Kubuntu Feisty. I followed your directions but changed for kernel upgrade 2.6.20-16.

[rah1420]

I have tried the instructions in the thread here because my 7.04 installation was generally crap, with only 1024 X 768 resolution and blurry text images no matter which fonts were used. They made absolutely no difference, despite my having a T23 with the SAVAGE integrated display.

I heaved a deep sigh and swapped back in my 6.06 LTS installation hard disk, where I'm running with crystal clear fonts at 1400 X 1050. Guess it just wasn't in the cards for me. So to speak.

Just so some of you know, there can be an installation that it DOESN'T work on. And if anyone wants to help me get my 7.04 running again, I'd be happy to entertain suggestions. Swapping hard disks isn't that difficult.

[Talon2]

And if anyone wants to help me get my 7.04 running again, I'd be happy to entertain suggestions.

My suggestion is to forget Fiesty on a T23. In my experience too many things have been broken since Dapper for it to be worth the effort.

My approach is to install Gutsy and post/add to as many bugs in Launchpad as possible. There are decisions be made that are breaking this os on our T23's and I'd like to see it stopped. Fiesty sucks as far as I' concerned.

[K.B.]

I've been trying to get this to work on my T23 since I upgraded and I finally found the answer AND an easy one too!

check out this posting and when I did what he suggested and ran his installer it fixed everything and now my laptop says:


direct rendering: Yes


follow this link:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...05/comments/46

[wvhtrn]

Hey K.B. I went to the link you suggested , I followed the instructions as posted... guess what... it worked on my T23 as well. Thanks for that great link, it was so easy even I could do it.

[binger]

So I think I have my savage drivers working with DRI on my thinkpad T22 Ubuntu Gutsy. Though I only get about 200fps in glxgears, and I get some weird errors in my xorg log. the relavant files are attached, anyone have any idea what the errors are about? and can you do compiz with a 8mb savage card?
Thanks!

[echellon7]

Hi, this may sound a bit stupid to ask but this is the only forum where I found people seriously dealing with this.So...does anyone know about a way of enabling 3d in windows?I've got T23 SuperSavage IXC 16MB.
I'll appreciate any idea,link or advice.
Thanks very much.

[Matteran]

So, I tried the first post and when installing the second driver (the savage specific) I got an error saying my kernel wasn't up to date.

I'm running xubuntu 8.04 on an HP XT936 (link to specifications on HP's site: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...2&lang=en#N433 )

this is the output of lspci

$ lspci | grep Savage
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. ProSavage KM133 (rev 03)

I'm not sure if that's any help. I wanted to try some of the more updated drivers linked earlier in the thread but the links are dead.

Please if someone could try to help me today it would be much appreciated, I'm trying to setup this computer for a friend's parents and it would be really nice to have this working perfectly instead of having to just install windows back on it.

Thanks for any help you can provide (also I'm a bit of a noob for some things, so explanation of how to do something might be necessary)

In the mean time i'll read the rest of this thread a second time and see if I missed anything.

Edit: Okay, maybe I'm dumb, I see in Synaptic drivers for S3 chips, and I installed them, but I'm not sure how to get them working, obviously they aren't working, because video performance is horrendous.

Edit 2: So I found some up-to-date snapshots to give that a try and same problem... I'm thinking it's because I need to edit the kernal to enable DRM (idea from this thread: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...savage-168951/ ) But I don't know how to do that...
Also, here's the error part of dri.log:

In file included from /home/karen/Desktop/savage-20060403-linux.i386/drm/linux-core/drm_auth.c:36:
/home/karen/Desktop/savage-20060403-linux.i386/drm/linux-core/drmP.h:44:26: error: linux/config.h: No such file or directory
make[3]: *** [/home/karen/Desktop/savage-20060403-linux.i386/drm/linux-core/drm_auth.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/home/karen/Desktop/savage-20060403-linux.i386/drm/linux-core] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic'
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/karen/Desktop/savage-20060403-linux.i386/drm/linux-core'
make: *** [savage.o] Error 2

and the output of trying to update the kernal in the first post (i'm assuming it doesn't work because 8.04 is so far ahead the kernel version in that post)

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package linux-image-2.6.12-10-686