In the savage man page there is listed some options that you might try out in order to narrow down this problem. Can you for instance try: Option "BCIforXv" "false"
Is your "kernel panic" related to the savage driver? Can you try disabling DRI, or try: Option "BusType" "PCI" -- prosavage8: strange patterns appear https://launchpad.net/bugs/76791 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
