Hi, Many thanks! Searching that archive indeed revealed that other people also had problems with S3 chips integrated into VIA Northbridges. It also revealed, that it is possible to download a savage_drv.o from S3's website that fixes that problem. It works now!
best regards, Balazs On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 02:12:22PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: >On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 03:12:32PM +0100, Balazs Javor wrote: >> I was wandering whether someone has had similar problems >> or has otherwise an idea what this might be: >> >> I have a Shuttle FV24 mainboard with a VIA PL133 chipset >> containing an integrated ProSavage4 graphics chip, with >> 32MB memory assigned from the main RAM. >> >> I've configured XFree with to use the 'savage' driver >> but every time I try to start x, it locks up solid the >> machine. I get a black screen and nothing responds anylonger. >[...] >> Does this ring a bell to somebody? > >You can search our bug database for existing problem reports; you may be >able to supply additional information to an existing bug, and/or read >the bug logs to find discussion of workarounds or troubleshooting >techniques. > >You can view the list of bugs in the XFree86 4.x server by visiting the >following URL: > >http://bugs.debian.org/xserver-xfree86 > >I always include the name of the component of the package that has a >bug, if I can reasonably determine it from the report. After bringing >up this URL, just search for the string "savage" to find existing bug >reports against the Savage driver. > >-- >G. Branden Robinson | Mob rule isn't any prettier just >Debian GNU/Linux | because you call your mob a >[EMAIL PROTECTED] | government. >http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
