s3 prosavage km133

Hello,

We can maybe resolve this:
First do in a terminal
    %lspci | egrep -i vga
and send the result.

A look at your current /etc/X11/xorg.conf might also help.

C U soon,
== Buz :)

Hello and thanks, from terminal results this: '' lspci | egrep -i vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. ProSavage KM133 (rev 03)''.
_From /etc/X11/xorg.conf results this:# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Monitor "Configured Monitor"
 Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Hi,

Sorry for the delay getting back to you. I think we have the answer here.

These are relevant:
    01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. ProSavage KM133 (rev 03)
tell us what driver you need and
    Section "Device"
       Identifier "Configured Video Device"
    EndSection
tells us that X is not using it. It is using default SVGA settings.

Taken from "synaptic":
    X.Org X server -- Savage display driver
    This package provides the driver for the S3/VIA Savage/ProSavage/Twister family of chipsets.

This is the driver you need to install for X.

Install this and whatever kernel driver goes with it, reboot (required after a kernel driver change) and you should be good.

If it appears to be installed, you could try purging it (it's not doing anything, anyway) and re-installing it.
But, before doing the purge, reinstall bit; you might check if there isn't a config file in /etc/X11 that will do the job (grep is your friend :). Careful with this, though. If you ask X to use a video driver that doesn't have a matching kernel driver in place it complains and won't start.

The simplest way to recover from that unless you are expert in all the ins & outs of "apt" is to go into /etc/X11 and copy the fail-safe config file into place then reboot (or restart X) and do the install I mentioned above.

You could even do the install before the reboot using "aptitude".

The command line is your friend :)
== Buz :)

Oops, I just re-read the original message and saw that you did mention that ProSavage, so I gave you some extra work which confirmed what you already said.

Sorry 'bout that,
== Buz

I submitted the bug here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-savage/+bug/325408

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