[prosavage8] driver DDC fails if not using VBE

[kurt belgrave]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-savage

Booting up it says The xserver does not accept the requested size, when using a auto-generated xorg.conf it works fine

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xserver-xorg-video-savage 1:2.3.1-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-30.59-generic 2.6.32.29+drm33.13
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-30-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Mar 19 04:51:47 2011
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
Lsusb:
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-30-generic root=UUID=8b57c54a-d13a-4a04-a53d-5a335592176a ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-savage
dmi.bios.date: 06/19/2003
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG
dmi.board.name: KM266-8235
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd06/19/2003:svn:pn:pvr:rvn:rnKM266-8235:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr:
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.32-30-generic

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

Thanks for your report. It seems that without xorg.conf, default sync ranges are used:
(II) SAVAGE(0): <default monitor>: Using default hsync range of 31.50-37.90 kHz
(II) SAVAGE(0): <default monitor>: Using default vrefresh range of 50.00-70.00 Hz
and there is no hint of EDID readout.

I think I have seen other reports of EDID not being read out, but it works fine on my laptop with savage Twister. And it obviously work when running Xorg -configure.

Can you please attach the log generated when running Xorg -configure ?

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

I have uploaded lucid and maverick packages to my PPA https://launchpad.net/~tormodvolden/+archive/ppa which will print more in the log, so it would be good if you can attach the new log using this and no xorg.conf.

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

Kurt, in the log you attached in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/+bug/579071/comments/23 I can see that EDID was read out. Did the correct resolution appear in that case?

[kurt belgrave (trinikrono)]

Attached is the Xorg.0.log without a xorg.conf using your xserver-xorg-video-savage driver.
Cheers

[kurt belgrave (trinikrono)]

Comment #5, i was using a xorg.conf at that time i believe

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

Thanks! From looking at the log, everything seems to be fine. EDID is read out, and it sets up 1024x768@85 which is the mode preferred by the monitor. At the end of the log, 1024x768@60 is set, I suppose this is something Gnome does, maybe because of a user preference in ~/.config/monitors.xml.

What goes wrong in this case?

[kurt belgrave (trinikrono)]

Tormod
It worked fine at the time

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

​​​​this driver has been removed from Ubuntu, closing the bugs