(K)ubuntu driver for T22 S3 Savage ?

[Araj]

I'm running (K)ubuntu FF on a T22 with the default VESA driver. Anyone found something better?

[stevenvh]

Hi, have you tried the S3 drivers in xorg?

They work well on my T23 in both Fedora and PCLOS.

gl

[gator]

I have debian etch installed on my T23 and I recompiled my kernel to include the S3 driver. Following are the steps I followed from a website (that is not active anymore):

1. Install Debian packages "linux-source-2.6.18", "gcc", "libc6-dev", "linux-headers-2.6.18-4-686", and "linux-kernel-headers".
2. cd /usr/src/
3. tar jxvf linux-source-2.6.18.tar.bz2
4. cd linux-source-2.6.18
5. cp /boot/config-2.6.18-4-686 .config
6. make oldconfig && make prepare
7. cd /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-686
8. ln -s /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.18 build
9. Download this package to ~/drm.tar.bz2
10 cd
11. tar jxvf drm.tar.bz2
12. cd drm/linux-core
13. make DRM_MODULES=savage
14. mv /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-686/kernel/drivers/char/drm/savage.ko{,.old}
15. mv /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-686/kernel/drivers/char/drm/drm.ko{,.old}
16. cp {savage,drm}.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-686/kernel/drivers/char/drm
17. depmod -a
18. Reboot

[Araj]

Hi Guys

Many thanks for your help. Sorry it has taken so long to reply - my father passed away recently and my spare time has been spent looking after my mother and sorting out her finances, so I never got round to logging in here until now.

I'll give the drivers a go asap.

BTW, will Gutsy run well on a T22? I would be happy to hear anyone's experiences with that.

[Araj]

Now running the Savage drivers fine on Gutsy. Just had to install in safe graphics mode and then swap the driver afterwards.