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

Hi, have you tried the S3 drivers in xorg?

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

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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

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.

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