I installed Debian/testing on my Asus L8400K notebook with a S3 savage MX graphics chip. I am using Xfree 4.0.2 and the latest savage driver module 1.1.15 from http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html .
Very often, the mouse pointer just freezes while moving. Unfreezing is possible by opening a new window (via keyboard shortcut), but it is very anoying and makes working under X impossible. I tried "NoAccel", "SWCursor", "ShadowStatus" options with no success. I tried also two flavors of the SVGA server for XFree 3.3.6, namely the one from S3's drivers site and the one from http://www.probo.com/timr/savagemx.html . In both cases I experience the same freezes. I wonder if this is a known issue and has somebody a suggestion how to get rid of this? thanks, Radu this is my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 : # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by Dexconf, the # Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config manual page. # (Type "man XF86Config" at the shell prompt.) Section "Files" FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" EndSection Section "Module" Load "ddc" Load "GLcore" Load "dbe" Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "glx" Load "pex5" Load "record" Load "xie" Load "bitmap" Load "freetype" Load "speedo" Load "type1" Load "vbe" Load "int10" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection #Section "InputDevice" # Identifier "Generic Mouse" # Driver "mouse" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" # Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" # Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" # Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" # Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" #EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Generic Video Card" Driver "savage" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Generic Monitor" HorizSync 30-70 VertRefresh 50-70 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "Generic Video Card" Monitor "Generic Monitor" # Option "NoAccel" # Option "SWCursor" # Option "shadowFB" # Option "Rotate" "CW" # Option "Rotate" "CCW" # Option "UseBIOS" "off" # Option "UseBIOS" "on" # Option "ShadowStatus" # Option "LCDClock" "100MHz" DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" # InputDevice "Generic Mouse" EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection # end of XF86Config
