old s3 videocards never properly configured

Bug #34568 reported by pauldeveth
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xserver-xorg-video-s3 (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
Ubuntu-X

Bug Description

when installing ubuntu on older systems with relatively old s3 cards ,they never get correctly configured.The same problem occures each time again also with latest dapper release.(I tested several different s3 cards)
S3 card gets configured in 24 bits mode ,this always result in not starting of the gnome display manager and landing in a shell.I know this can be easely fixed by hand changing to 16 bits, but for new users this is often a dissapointment in thinking the installation went wrong.
There should be a way so these cards will configure in 16 bits mode and work out of the box.

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

You haven't told us which card you have; please send lspci and lspci -n output

Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-s3:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

Please also attach /var/log/Xorg.0.log

I think this is probably a duplicate of bug #9256

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pauldeveth (pauldeveth) wrote :
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Bit late but here is what you've requested

root@ubuntu:~# lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 1106:0605 (rev 81)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 1106:8605
0000:00:04.0 0601: 1106:0686 (rev 22)
0000:00:04.1 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 10)
0000:00:04.2 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 10)
0000:00:04.3 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 10)
0000:00:04.4 0600: 1106:3057 (rev 30)
0000:00:04.5 0401: 1106:3058 (rev 20)
0000:00:0d.0 0300: 5333:8811 (rev 53)
0000:00:10.0 0200: 10b7:9200 (rev 6c)
root@ubuntu:~#

and /var/log/Xorg.0.log

X Window System Version 6.8.2 (Ubuntu 6.8.2-77 20051010174523 <email address hidden>)
Release Date: 9 February 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.10 i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux ubuntu 2.6.12-10-386 #1 Sat Mar 11 16:13:17 UTC 2006 i686
Build Date: 10 October 2005
 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
 to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.6.12-10-386 (buildd@terranova) (gcc version 3.4.5 20050809 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 3.4.4-6ubuntu8.1)) #1 Sat Mar 11 16:13:17 UTC 2006
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
 (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
 (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Apr 23 21:09:18 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Generic Monitor"
(**) | |-->Device "S3 Inc. 86c764/765 [Trio32/64/64V+]"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
 Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID" does not exist.
 Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID".
 Entry deleted from font path.
 (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID").
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi,/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
(==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory)
(II) Module ABI versions:
 X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
 X.Org Video Driver: 0.7
 X.Org XInput driver : 0.4
 X.Org Server Extension : 0.2
 X.Org Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
 Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
 ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(++) using...

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pauldeveth (pauldeveth) wrote :

and normal lspci output is

root@ubuntu:~# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8605 [ProSavage PM133] (rev 81)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8605 [PM133 AGP]
0000:00:04.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 22)
0000:00:04.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 10)
0000:00:04.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 10)
0000:00:04.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 10)
0000:00:04.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 30)
0000:00:04.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 20)
0000:00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86c764/765 [Trio32/64/64V+] (rev 53)
0000:00:10.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 6c)
root@ubuntu:~#

Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-s3:
assignee: nobody → ubuntu-x-swat
status: Needs Info → Confirmed
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Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst) wrote :

This bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system.
Marking as a duplicate of bug #33504, please add further information in that bug report.

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