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Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

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More Savage DRI problems: xorg.conf file?

I'm using XOrg CVS, Mesa CVS, and DRM CVS, trying to get hardware acceleration to work for my onboard Prosavage 8 VPU. My problem is my xorg.conf file, which I can't seem to get right... I either have DRI and totally fubar graphics (think TV tuned to a really distorted, weak signal), or perfectly good graphics but no DRI.

So, here's the data on my monitor, a Sony Trinitron: HWD says that it's 28-96 KHz hsync (believable), and 50-75 Hz vsync (I think it's actually more like 50-100, but under normal circumstances I don't use vsync above 75 Hz). My normal setting for XOrg is 1280x1024 pixels; the monitor runs this at 79.9 KHz hsync and 75 Hz vsync.

Here's the xorg.conf file I set up for DRI:

# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg
# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg

Section "ServerLayout"

# Serial Mouse not detected
# USB Mouse not detected
    Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
#    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
#    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
    RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/CID"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/artwiz-fonts"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "ddc"  # ddc probing of monitor
    Load  "GLcore"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
    Load  "type1"
    Load  "freetype"
    Load  "record"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option        "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "keyboard"
    Option        "CoreKeyboard"
    Option        "XkbRules" "xfree86"
    Option        "XkbModel" "pc101"
    Option        "XkbLayout" "us"
    Option        "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "PS/2 Mouse"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "Auto"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    Option        "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
    Option        "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
 # Very conservative. May flicker.
#    VertRefresh  50.0 - 62.0 # Extreme conservative. Will flicker. TFT default.
    #  Default modes distilled from
    #      "VESA and Industry Standards and Guide for Computer Display Monitor
    #       Timing", version 1.0, revision 0.8, adopted September 17, 1998.
    #  $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/etc/vesamodes,v 1.4 1999/11/18 16:52:17 tsi Exp $
    # 640x350 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
 ### Uncomment if you don't want to default to DDC:
 ### Uncomment if you don't want to default to DDC:
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
 ### Uncomment if you don't want to default to DDC:
    HorizSync    28.0 - 96.0
    VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0
    ModeLine     "1280x1024" 79.9 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
    Option        "DPMS" "true"
#    HorizSync    28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "savage"
    VendorName  "All"
    BoardName   "All"
    ChipSet     "Savage4"
    Card        "savage Savage4"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth     16
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     1
        Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     4
        Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     8
        Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     15
        Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     16
        Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     24
        Modes    "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     32
        Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode         0666
EndSection

Does that "Modeline" line need editing or something? If so, what do I change? Is there something else wrong with my xorg.conf?

vacant

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Registered: 2004-11-05

Posts: 816

Re: More Savage DRI problems: xorg.conf file?

huh? modeline look strange to me...

[paul@night ~]$ gtf 1280 1024 75

  # 1280x1024 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 80.17 kHz; pclk: 138.54 MHz
  Modeline "1280x1024_75.00"  138.54  1280 1368 1504 1728  1024 1025 1028 1069  -HSync +Vsync

(remember to remove the "_75.00" bit when inserting into xorg)

If you're getting 1280x1024 then the prosavage driver is ignoring the default color depth

Gullible Jones

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Re: More Savage DRI problems: xorg.conf file?

... Huh? I think you messed up with your copying and pasting...

ModeLine     "1280x1024" 79.9 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync

vacant

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Re: More Savage DRI problems: xorg.conf file?

My normal setting for XOrg is 1280x1024 pixels; the monitor runs this at 79.9 KHz hsync and 75 Hz vsync

The "79.9" in the modeline is the pixel clock rate, not hsync. What modeline does "gtf" produce for you if you want 1280 x 1024 @75Hz?

Gullible Jones

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Re: More Savage DRI problems: xorg.conf file?

[proteus@localhost ~]$ gtf 1280 1025 75

  # 1280x1025 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 80.25 kHz; pclk: 138.67 MHz
  Modeline "1280x1025_75.00"  138.67  1280 1368 1504 1728  1025 1026 1029 1070 -HSync +Vsync

Thanks.

Gullible Jones

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Re: More Savage DRI problems: xorg.conf file?

Oh... Forgot to mention: there was another problem. It was impossible to load the savage module for some bizarre reason... Even when the drm module was loaded. Any reason for this? It didn't seem to affect XOrg with regard to DRM (no errors at all in the log, DRI on), but is there any particular reason that this was the case? Could it have had some effect on X, without producing any error messages?

vacant

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Re: More Savage DRI problems: xorg.conf file?

I haven't played with the savage driver since I built my daughter a PC with onboard video over 18 months ago. I had trouble getting direct rendering working at that time. I got it working by installing the latest "common" and "savage" tarballs from freedesktop snapshots which is probably the best place to find help. I think there may have been some extra stuff to do - like specifying the full path to the modules in the (Xfree86) config file.

Sorry I can't remember more.

Gullible Jones

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Re: More Savage DRI problems: xorg.conf file?

Thanks... I suppose I'll try again at some point.

Gullible Jones

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Re: More Savage DRI problems: xorg.conf file?

Okay, tried again using the latest common and savage snapshots, plus the Xorg binary, from dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots. It's no go: the install script gave me the same error that I got with the CVS when modprobing savage, that the module couldn't be inserted because it contained an unknown symbol. Methinks the driver is currently broken... I'll wait until the next snapshot comes out.

Also, using X with those drivers installed and without DRI enabled does not work, giving me the old fuzzy screen... Damned if I know what's going on there.

And finally, this:

  # 1280x1024 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 80.17 kHz; pclk: 138.54 MHz
  Modeline "1280x1024_75.00"  138.54  1280 1368 1504 1728  1024 1025 1028 1069 -HSync +Vsync

is wrong. Why? Notice the hsync: 80.17 kHz. At 1280x1024@75, my monitor's hsync (according to its own menu/info display) is 79.9 kHz. Something fishy is going on here.

vacant

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Re: More Savage DRI problems: xorg.conf file?

  # 1280x1024 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 80.17 kHz; pclk: 138.54 MHz
  Modeline "1280x1024_75.00"  138.54  1280 1368 1504 1728  1024 1025 1028 1069 -HSync +Vsync

is wrong. Why? Notice the hsync: 80.17 kHz. At 1280x1024@75, my monitor's hsync (according to its own menu/info display) is 79.9 kHz. Something fishy is going on here.

I wouldn't worry too much about it. My guess is there might be an allowed tolerance in the vesa specifications or due to rounding errors. The manual for my AG Neovo F-417 for instance specifies VESA 1280x1024@75Hz as using 80Khz and a pixel clock rate of 135 - no decimal places or anything.

Gullible Jones

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Re: More Savage DRI problems: xorg.conf file?

Ah... Alright.

Now I think I understand the business with the modprobe failing... That's probably a bug, as it didn't happen the previous times I've tried to get DRI working.

What I don't get is the utterly screwed up graphics I get when using the "DRIed" XOrg without any 3D acceleration. I'm talking "screwed up" as in "nought but thick black columns with thin white lines in between, lots of staticky grey fuzz, and a perfectly ordinary cursor."