🚀 go-pugleaf

Hope I'm posting this to the right place, but here goes...

I'm currently playing with Debian testing (woody) with kernel 2.2.19
on a Power Mac 7600/120 (64MB, stock "control" video, 2GB IBM
Ultrastar SCSI drive on the internal bus), and since this machine has
PCI, I decided to see if I could get an old PC video card (an S3 ViRGE
DX based card, fairly well supported in XFree86 3 and 4 on PCs)to
work. However, when I try to start the X server (the build of XFree86
4.0.3 currently included with woody) with an XF86Config made just to
use that card, I get this:

XFree86 Version 4.0.3 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400)
Release Date: 16 March 2001
	If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
	newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
	reporting problems.  (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Linux 2.2.18pre21 ppc [ELF] 
Module Loader present
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.1.log", Time: Fri Aug 10 20:00:15
2001
(++) Using config file: "XF86Config-4"
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
         (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (??) unknown.
(==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Sampo 411"
(**) |   |-->Device "Diamond Multimedia Stealth 3D 2000 PRO"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
(**) XKB: model: "pc101"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(**) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(--) using VT number 8

(WW) Cannot open APM
(II) Module ABI versions:
	XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1
	XFree86 Video Driver: 0.3
	XFree86 XInput driver : 0.1
	XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1
	XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.2
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
	compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
	ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
	compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 0.1.0
	ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.3
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:0b:0: chip 106b,0001 card 0000,0000 rev 03 class 06,00,00
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0f:0: chip 5333,8a01 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 03,00,00
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 106b,0002 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class ff,00,00
hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) LoadModule: "scanpci"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
	compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 0.1.0
	ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.3
(II) UnloadModule: "scanpci"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (-1,0,0), BCTRL: 0x00 (VGA_EN is
cleared)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(--) PCI: (0:15:0) S3 ViRGE/DX or /GX rev 1, Mem @ 0x84000000/26
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
	[0] -1	0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
	[1] -1	0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
	[0] -1	0xf3000000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]E
(II) Inactive PCI resource ranges:
	[0] -1	0x80800000 - 0x8080ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
	[1] -1	0x84000000 - 0x87ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
	[0] -1	0xf3000000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]E
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
(II) All system resource ranges:
	[0] -1	0xf3000000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]E
	[1] -1	0x80800000 - 0x8080ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
	[2] -1	0x84000000 - 0x87ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
	compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
	ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "xaa"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a
(II) Module xaa: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
	compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.3
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
	compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.3
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
	compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
	ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
	compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
	ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
	compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 1.1.9
	Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
	ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "s3virge"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/s3virge_drv.o
(II) Module s3virge: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
	compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 1.6.0
	Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
	ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.3
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
	compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
	ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.1
	S3VIdentify
(II) S3VIRGE: driver (version 1.6.0) for S3 ViRGE chipsets: virge,
86C325,
	virge vx, 86C988, virge dx, virge gx, 86C375, 86C385, virge gx2,
	86C357, virge mx, 86C260, virge mx+, 86C280, trio 3d, 86C365,
	trio 3d/2x, 86C362, 86C368
	S3VProbe begin
(--) Chipset virge dx found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
	[0] -1	0xf3000000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]E
	[1] -1	0x80800000 - 0x8080ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
	[2] -1	0x84000000 - 0x87ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
	S3VProbe end
(II) resource ranges after probing:
	[0] -1	0xf3000000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]E
	[1] -1	0x80800000 - 0x8080ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
	[2] -1	0x84000000 - 0x87ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
	[3] 0	0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
	[4] 0	0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
	[5] 0	0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
	[6] 0	0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
	[7] 0	0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
	S3VPreInit 1
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
	compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 0.1.0
	ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.3
(**) S3VIRGE(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 24
(==) S3VIRGE(0): RGB weight 888
(==) S3VIRGE(0): Default visual is TrueColor
	S3VGetRec
(==) S3VIRGE(0): Using HW Cursor
(==) S3VIRGE(0): Using fb.
(II) Loading sub module "vbe"
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a
(II) Module vbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
	compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.3
(II) Loading sub module "int10"
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libint10.a
(II) Module int10: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
	compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.3
(II) S3VIRGE(0): initializing int10
(II) S3VIRGE(0): VESA BIOS not detected
(--) S3VIRGE(0): Chipset: "virge dx"
	S3VMapMem
	S3VEnableMmio

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting


When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.1.log".
Please report problems to submit@bugs.debian.org.

---snip---

I notice that if I run X from the console, I get a whole slew of
unresolved symbol errors (XAACopyROP and friends, xf86SetDDCproperties
and xf86InterpretEDID) from s3virge.o just before the segfault.

XFree86 works fine (if slowly) using the Linux framebuffer and
"control". Could it be that this card need some special initialization
before XFree86 can use it? Would it be worth it to invest in a card
(like an older ATI Mach64) with Open Firmware on it?

-lee