Xubuntu 13.10 can not start X with Rage 128 graphic cards

[Oleg Blashchuk]

Xubuntu 13.10 i386 , default installation.

Black screen after boot. lightdm service immediately stops after being started.
In /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log:
......
[+0.26s] DEBUG: Launching process 964: /usr/bin/X -core :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch
[+0.26s] DEBUG: DisplayServer x-0: Waiting for ready signal from X server :0
[+0.27s] DEBUG: Acquired bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager
[+0.27s] DEBUG: Registering seat with bus path /org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
[+2.40s] DEBUG: Process 964 exited with return value 127
[+2.40s] DEBUG: DisplayServer x-0: X server stopped
......

In /var/log/lightdm/x-0.log
......
Loading extension GLX
/usr/bin/X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/r128_drv.so: undefined symbol: miInitializeBackingStore

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

>> undefined symbol: miInitializeBackingStore

This error has been fixed in Ubuntu Trusty/14.0.4
I've gone ahead and whipped up a new package in my Saucy VM that fixes this error (and others) . I will let you know when it's ready to test.
https://launchpad.net/~dtl131/+archive/mediahacks/+packages

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

It built quickly and is ready to test. Please let me know if it works. If so, we can see about getting an SRU to get into the main repos.

[Oleg Blashchuk (2contras)]

On the one hand initial problem is gone - X starts ok now.
On the other hand final picture is buggy - video-buffer seems to be corrupted and system is not really usable. I attach two screenshots of fresh Xubuntu 13.10 i386 desktop - one on Radeon (good picture), other on Rage 128 (corrupted one). I tested different video-cards (Rage 128 and Rage 128 Pro, 16 and 32 MB, all AGP) and three different motherboards (AMD on VIA and nVidia chipset and P4 on Intel chipset) - the same issue with all configurations. Effects (desktop composition) can be turned on or off - does not really matter. Even lightdm screen have corruptions.

As for now I have plenty of such PCs working smoothly under Xubuntu 12.04 - have not tested 13.04 yet.

[Oleg Blashchuk (2contras)]

So I tested Rage 128 cards on Xubuntu 12.10 and 13.04 - in both cases they work just fine. There are some minor picture defects but all GUI elements are well drawn.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for xserver-xorg-video-r128 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]