X server crashes with xf86-video-savage on IBM xSeries 330

Question

Hello,
I haven't run X for a long time on the machine, so I don't know which was the first version of the driver that had this issue:
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1
(II) SAVAGE(0): initializing int10
(II) SAVAGE(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(EE) SAVAGE(0): vm86() syscall generated signal 11.
(II) SAVAGE(0): EAX=0x00004f00, EBX=0x00000000, ECX=0x00000000, EDX=0x00000000
(II) SAVAGE(0): ESP=0x00000ffa, EBP=0x00000000, ESI=0x00000000, EDI=0x00002000
(II) SAVAGE(0): CS=0xffff, SS=0x0100, DS=0x0040, ES=0x0000, FS=0x0000, GS=0x0000
(II) SAVAGE(0): EIP=0x0000ffff, EFLAGS=0x00033202
(II) SAVAGE(0): code at 0x0010ffef:
Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x813017b]
1: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x51) [0x80d8cb1]
2: [0xb80de400]
3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so(xf86ExecX86int10+0xfe) [0xb80bdeee]
4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvbe.so(VBEExtendedInit+0x8f) [0xb80d4aaf]
5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvbe.so(VBEInit+0x2c) [0xb80d4ecc]
6: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//savage_drv.so [0xb8025ce6]
7: /usr/bin/X(InitOutput+0xbe7) [0x80aafe7]
8: /usr/bin/X(main+0x279) [0x8071a89]
9: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe1) [0x459c4691]
10: /usr/bin/X [0x8071071]
Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11. Server aborting
A line from lspci:
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. Savage 4 (rev 06)
Obviously, the int10 module and its BIOS initialization fails. Should I try to disable int10? I use exactly the same xorg.conf as about a half year ago when X worked fine, even with 3D acceleration. (glxgears showed some 250 fps, which was amazing on a 6 years old *server*.)
I saw lots of quite recent bug reports about crashing savage drivers on Gentoo and Debian bugzillas. Most people report crashes during X sessions or after logout. This is not the case. My X server crashes immediately, without even changing the graphics mode or showing anything. So I thought I could ask here. Perhaps someone will know how to fix it.
I use an up-to-date ArchLinux installation with a 2.6.27.7 vanilla kernel. (The machine has more than 100 days of uptime.)

Answer 1

What version of driver/xserver are you using? 1.6/2.6.3 from testing or older? If yuo are using testing one - bug is reported here: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13651
If you are using not testing version try to upgrade to testing or use repo with old xserver/driver from this topic: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=66057